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Dubai Utility Earns $3.3b Revenue in First Half of 2022

DEWA says nearly 10 percent of this generation is from Solar. (WAM)
DEWA says nearly 10 percent of this generation is from Solar. (WAM)
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Dubai Utility Earns $3.3b Revenue in First Half of 2022

DEWA says nearly 10 percent of this generation is from Solar. (WAM)
DEWA says nearly 10 percent of this generation is from Solar. (WAM)

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported Thursday a quarterly revenue of AED7.01 billion ($1.9 billion) and a net profit of AED2.61 billion ($710 million) in its second quarter 2022 financial results. For the first half 2022, DEWA's revenue is AED12.08 billion, and net profit is AED3.30 billion.

DEWA's first half revenue increase of 15 percent to AED12.08 billion was mainly driven by an increase in demand. Energy demand in Dubai during the first half of 2022 increased by 6.3 percent compared to the same period in 2021.

Demand for energy in the first half of 2022 reached 23.27 TWh compared to 21.9 TWh in the first half of 2021.

Nearly 10 percent of this generation is from Solar. Similarly, water demand in the same period grew by 6.4 percent, state news agency WAM reported.

DEWA's peak demand in the first half of 2022 was 9.4 GW, representing a 7 percent increase over last year.

By the end of the second quarter, DEWA served 1,126,121 customers, representing a 5.12 percent increase from the same time last year.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, said: "DEWA's half year financial results demonstrate our commitment to advancing strategic priorities of sustainability focused smart growth, enhanced customer happiness, operational excellence and attractive capital returns for our shareholders."

"In line with our strategy, we continue to provide a robust infrastructure to keep pace with rapid developments in Dubai and provide our services to more than a million customers according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency, and safety."

In the first half of 2022, DEWA's installed capacity increased by 700 megawatts (MW) to 14,117 MW. This includes 600 MW from the Hassyan Power Complex, which runs on natural gas and 100 MW from the 5th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (MBR Solar Park), which runs on photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. MBR Solar Park is the largest single-site solar park in the world, built on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, with a planned capacity of 5,000 MW by 2030.

By June 2022, DEWA's 250 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power station, which is being constructed in Hatta, was 44 percent complete. It will have a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatt-hours and a life span of up to 80 years. This is the first power station of its kind in the GCC.

In addition, DEWA achieved 85 percent completion of its 120 MIG Nakhali water reservoir, 84percent completion of its 60 MIG Lusaily Reservoir, and 11 percent completion of its 120 MIG Hassyan Reservoir.

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IMF Sees Steady Global Growth

FILED - 24 October 2024, US, Washington: The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen on the facade of the conference building on Pennsylvania Street. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa
FILED - 24 October 2024, US, Washington: The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen on the facade of the conference building on Pennsylvania Street. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa
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IMF Sees Steady Global Growth

FILED - 24 October 2024, US, Washington: The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen on the facade of the conference building on Pennsylvania Street. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa
FILED - 24 October 2024, US, Washington: The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen on the facade of the conference building on Pennsylvania Street. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa

The International Monetary Fund expects the world economy to grow a little faster and inflation to keep falling this year. But it warned that the outlook is clouded by President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to slash US taxes, impose tariffs on foreign goods, ease regulations on businesses and deport millions of immigrants working illegally in the United States.

The Washington-based lending agency expects the world economy to grow 3.3% this year and next, up from 3.2% in 2024. The growth is steady but unimpressive: From 2000 to 2019, the world economy grew faster – an average of 3.7% a year. The sluggish growth reflects the lingering effects of big global shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The IMF is a 191-nation lending organization that works to promote economic growth and financial stability and to reduce global poverty.

Global inflation, which had surged after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains and caused shortages and higher prices, is forecast to fall from 5.7% in 2024 to 4.2% this year and 3.5% in 2026.

But in a blog post that accompanied the release of the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook report, the fund’s chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, wrote that the policies Trump has promised to introduce “are likely to push inflation higher in the near term,” The Associated Press reported.

Big tax cuts could overheat the US economy and inflation. Likewise, hefty tariffs on foreign products could at least temporarily push up prices and hurt exporting countries around the world. And mass deportations could cause restaurants, construction companies and other businesses to run short of workers, pushing up their costs and weighing on economic growth.

Gourinchas also wrote that Trump’s plans to slash regulations on business could “boost potential growth in the medium term if they remove red tape and stimulate innovation.’’ But he warned that “excessive deregulation could also weaken financial safeguards and increase financial vulnerabilities, putting the US economy on a dangerous boom-bust path.’’

Trump inherits a strong US economy. The IMF expects US growth to come in at 2.7% this year, a hefty half percentage point upgrade from the 2.2% it had forecast in October.

The American economy — the world's biggest — is proving resilient in the face of high interest rates, engineered by the Federal Reserve to fight inflation. The US is benefiting from a strong job market that gives consumers the confidence and financial wherewithal to keep spending, from strong gains in productivity and from an influx of immigrants that has eased labor shortages.

The US economy’s unexpectedly strong performance stands in sharp contrast to the advanced economies across the Atlantic Ocean. The IMF expects the 20 countries that share the euro currency to collectively grow just 1% this year, up from 0.8% in 2024 but down from the 1.2% it was expecting in October. “Headwinds,” Gourinchas wrote, “include weak momentum, especially in manufacturing, low consumer confidence, and the persistence of a negative energy price shock’’ caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Chinese economy, No. 2 in the world, is forecast to decelerate – from 4.8% last year to 4.6% in 2025 and 4.5% in 2026. A collapse in the Chinese housing market has undermined consumer confidence. If government doesn’t do enough to stimulate the economy with lower interest rates, stepped-up spending or tax cuts, China “is at risk of a debt-deflation stagnation trap,’’ Gourinchas warned, in which falling prices discourage consumers from spending (because they have an incentive to wait to get still better bargains) and make it more expensive for borrowers to repay loans.

The IMF forecasts came out a day after its sister agency, the World Bank, predicted global growth of 2.7% in 2025 and 2026, same as last year and 2023.

The bank, which makes loans and grants to poor countries, warned that the growth wasn’t sufficient to reduce poverty in low-income countries. The IMF’s global growth estimates tend to be higher than the World Bank’s because they give more weight to faster-growing developing countries.