By : Rasha Hussain
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)’s Innovation Centre provides visitors with the opportunity to take innovative tours, watch pioneering shows using drones and hologram technology, and try several interactive experiences, including the autonomous bus ride. Using Metaverse technology, the Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world, provides a unique and innovative experience for visitors to go on a virtual tour across the Solar Park.
The Innovation Centre provides visitors with a unique experience to explore the latest innovations in clean energy technologies. The exhibition area on the first floor focuses on DEWA’s journey, key historical inventions and innovations in electricity.
The area includes over 35 interactive exhibits designed to introduce visitors to developments in renewable energy. The site also houses the DEWA Museum, water desalination plants, and a visual space that explains the properties of light and solar radiation.
The Centre features an exhibition on critical components of photovoltaic solar cells and related technologies, including Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and the Solar Power Tower.
It also showcases DEWA’s renewable energy journey, Smart DEWA, solar cell applications in spacecraft and satellites, and the development of DEWA’s sustainable buildings. This is in addition to a café and a souvenir shop. This promotes innovation among institutions and individuals.
It also highlights the sectors that will lead the innovation process in the future, as well as develop the capabilities of the next generation of innovators.
The Centre collaborates with universities. It is an educational platform that hosts events, conferences, seminars, and workshops. It houses an auditorium and several halls equipped with the latest audio-visual systems for events, lectures, conferences, solar power training, renewable energy and sustainability initiatives.
The Innovation Centre receives visitors from Saturday to Wednesday, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, and Thursdays from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Tickets are available on www.mbrsic.ae or the Centre’s smart app (MBRSIC). Hologram shows are organised every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am and 02:30 pm. The Centre offers discounts on tickets for children and students and free entrance for people of determination.
