The Sustainability and Innovation Centre of Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA) organised the third cycle of the CleanTech Hackathon, with the participation of 193 functions from 7 international locations.
This is part of DEWA’s participation in ‘UAE Innovates 2025’. The competitors attracted firms and artistic minds, together with innovators and college college students from around the globe, in addition to specialists in sustainable innovation.
This cycle centered on revolutionary options to mitigate local weather change, cut back water shortage worldwide and promote environmental sustainability.
Collaborating initiatives have been centred on desalination, decarbonisation, digitisation, elevated power effectivity, carbon emission discount and the mixing of digital know-how into sustainable programs.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, stated, “The Sustainability and Innovation Centre helps our efforts to realize the Dubai Clear Power Technique 2050 and the Dubai Internet Zero Carbon Emissions Technique 2050 to supply 100% of the Emirate’s power manufacturing capability from clear power sources by 2050. The centre has turn out to be a worldwide platform that brings collectively innovators, traders and consultants from around the globe to develop initiatives and programmes geared toward selling clear power sources and power effectivity strategies, decreasing the carbon footprint and accessing the newest clear and renewable power improvements.”
Waleed bin Salman, Govt Vice President of Enterprise Improvement and Excellence at DEWA, famous that the winners of the CleanTech Hackathon have the chance to attach with native and world pioneering traders, researchers and business leaders. As well as, the centre shows the successful initiatives throughout its CleanTech Innovators Exhibition and the Cleantech Join programme.
The winners of the third cycle of the CleanTech Hackathon are Hueck Photo voltaic Power – Germany, for a brand new concentrated solar energy (CSP) know-how; Econano Water Therapy – UAE for a know-how that makes use of metal-doped ZnO nanoparticles and photo voltaic power to purify water; Hydrowind Power – UAE for options to deal with clear electrical energy, grid-scale power storage, and seawater desalination; Ecobeat- UAE for AI-powered resolution designed to water and power administration; DoGood Individuals- Spain, a platform established with the aim of empowering people to show sustainability right into a tangible actuality.
The primary cycle of the CleanTech Hackathon witnessed the participation of 100 contributors from numerous scientific {and professional} backgrounds. The second cycle of the Hackathon attracted greater than 160 functions from 25 nationalities at 20 universities around the globe.
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