Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has launched its Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) project for its smart grid, to promote its business added value and improve Dewa’s readiness and resilience and dealing with various scenarios.

The project aims to identify and enable electric vehicle charging and uploading of consumption data; transfer meter readings, alarms, and events to SAP, as well as transfer advanced metering infrastructure and IT assets data to big data analytics, reported Emirates news agency WAM.

The project is capable of processing 600 transactions per second, allowing Dewa to handle 4.9 million integration records until now, completing 61 integration services, and developing 44 services to date.

"Dewa works tirelessly to support Dubai’s plans to utilise digital transformation and smart grids as well as Fourth Industrial Revolution applications and disruptive technologies to serve the energy and water sectors and improve people’s lives and build a better future," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa.

" The Smart Grid is a key component of Dewa’s strategy to develop an advanced infrastructure. The Smart Grid includes investments of up to AED 7 billion that will be completed in the short, medium, and long-term until 2035. The strategy includes different programmes such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Electricity, Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Water, Asset Management, and Big Data, among others. Through its ‘Smart Applications through Smart Meters and Grids’, Dewa has installed more than 2 million electricity and smart water meters in Dubai,” added Al Tayer.

“Smart meters increase efficiency and reduce consumption, as well as enable customers to monitor their consumption anytime and anywhere. To encourage the use of sustainable transport (EV and hybrid vehicles), Dewa provides more than 300 Green Charger stations across Dubai, through its Green Charger initiative.”

The smart grid’s ESB project includes integrating 7 IT systems, including EV charging point management system, advanced metering infrastructure- MDMS; advanced metering infrastructure- HES; SAP system; Mobility; DERASAT App (soft launch); and big data analysis - asset health centre. The project encompasses three operational technology systems, including a network management system, energy management system, and distribution management system.