The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reports that the Green Hydrogen project has produced roughly 90 tonnes of green hydrogen since it began in May 2021.

About 450 tonnes of CO2 emissions were prevented by using the majority of this hydrogen to generate more than one gigawatt hour (GWh) of green energy.

The Green Hydrogen project is the first of its type in the Middle East and North Africa to produce green hydrogen using solar energy.

The project, which was carried out in partnership with Siemens Energy and Expo 2020 Dubai, generates roughly 20 kilograms of hydrogen each hour, and its petrol tank can hold up to 12 hours' worth of hydrogen generated by solar energy. A hydrogen gas motor with a capacity of roughly 300 kilowatts of electrical energy is utilized to generate electricity at night.

Future applications and test platforms for diverse hydrogen usage, such as the air, land, and marine transportation sectors, as well as other industries, will be supported by the Green Hydrogen project.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said, "We support the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, to strengthen the UAE's pioneering and competitive position worldwide in low-carbon hydrogen."

UAE's objective of gaining 25% of the low-carbon hydrogen market is supported by the Green Hydrogen initiative. By fulfilling the objectives of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, the National Hydrogen Strategy, and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050, which stipulate that all energy production capacity must to come from clean energy sources by 2050, the project supports our efforts to diversify our energy supplies.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world with an estimated production capacity of over 5,000 MW by 2030, is where this project is being implemented, and it contributes to competitive prices in the production of green hydrogen.

Using sources of environmentally friendly energy, electrolysis is used to create the green hydrogen. Due to DEWA's exceptional performance, Dubai has emerged as a global leader in solar energy pricing.