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Dewa wins four awards at Ideas.America

DUBAI, January 28, 2016

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has won four awards at Ideas.America recently, for it’s suggestions from its power and water planning, power distribution, and power transmission divisions.
 
Dewa was the silver winner of the 'Best Idea of the Year Award' for suggesting the Enhanced Medium Voltage (MV) cable efficiency and rating special backfilling material, the bronze winner of the 'Best Executive Leadership Award,' an honourable mention for the '2015 Best Team Idea of the Year Award for the Optimisation of Lines Testing Process Approval,' and the 'Kudos Award for Modification of Fire Pumps Maintenance' in Dewa Substations.
 
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and chief executive officer, Dewa, said: “We are excited to have won these four awards from the Ideas.America Competition 2015—reflecting DEWA’s position as a global pioneer. These achievements fall in line with the vision and directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to integrate innovation as a daily government practice, as well as a well-established culture, making Dubai’s government among the most innovative in the world. 
 
"Dewa adopts innovation as a major government value and seeks to cooperate with the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to improve our government’s performance in all fields and use the concept of innovation to develop government services to face challenges and further develop Dubai’s involvement with international affairs.”
 
“The efforts of the UAE’s national organisations, along with their positive results and success in innovation and creativity, put the UAE at the forefront, not only regionally but internationally, as a pioneer," said Al Tayer.
 
"These four wins add to DEWA’s growing list of international awards, encouraging us to work harder on innovation and excellence to make our customers happier, provide them with the best services, and achieve Dewa’s vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility, and achieve a better future, for generations to come,” he added. - TradeArabia News Service



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