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WGS24: Dubai Municipality signs MoU

with global companies to produce

sustainable aircraft fuel

Story by Tariq Al Fahaam / Khoder Nashar • 12h

DUBAI, 12th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Dubai Municipality signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with N.V.Besix S.A., Marubeni Middle
East and Africa Power Limited (MAMEA), and ENOC Marketing at the World
Governments Summit 2024.

The MoU was signed in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al
Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai
Airports, and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airlines and Group; and
Abdulla Al Basti, Secretary-General of the Dubai Executive Council.

It aims to transform waste management practices in Dubai through an innovative
project that utilises cutting-edge technologies to treat mixed solid municipal
waste, organic waste and green hydrogen produced from sewage treatment
processes to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The MoU aligns with the UAE’s sustainability policy and approach, emphasising
the country's dedication to environmental protection, resource conservation, and
tackling climate change through innovative initiatives and strategies that help
achieve national environmental goals. This includes carbon removal from the
waste sector (zero waste) and cutting emissions associated with waste
management operations.

The MoU was signed by Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality,
Saif Al Falasi, Group CEO at ENOC, Pierre Lembrechts, General Manager at
BESIX Middle East, and Wataru Ikushima, General Manager of the New Energy
Business Development Department at Marubeni Middle East and Africa Power
Limited.

Emphasising the significance of this groundbreaking collaboration with these

companies, Al Hajri asserted that it will play a significant role in advancing UAE’s
national objectives by expediting carbon removal from the aviation sector and
enhancing the country’s stature as a regional hub for low-carbon aviation fuel. He
said: “It will also assist in the waste management operations in Dubai, aligning
with the strategic targets of the UAE Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative, the

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