Dubai Electricity looking for water and energy partnership with the UK: Managing Director and CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer met with Consul General of the United Kingdom in Dubai Oliver Christian to discuss cooperation in water, clean energy, and renewables sectors, according to a statement. Christian expressed interest in cooperating with Dewa in those sectors and said that bilateral relations are already underway between the UAE and the UK to seal agreements.

Not the first UAE + UK collaboration: The UAE held talks with the UK to explore potential investments in nuclear power infrastructure recently, and the UK is seeking investment in a nuclear project being built by French Energy company EDF as part of its commitment to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050. UAE renewables firm Masdar also finalized the acquisition of a 49% stake in the UK’s 3 GW Dogger Bank South wind farm from German energy giant RWE earlier this month as part of Masdar’s larger GBP 11 bn joint investment ticket into UK renewables.

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