Dubai buildings with solar rooftops have nearly doubled to 435 in only 10 months as the emirate works to have all rooftops fitted with photovoltaic (PV) panels.
More than 200 new buildings have been equipped with solar power since November with a total capacity of 15.6 megawatts as part of the Shams Dubai initiative, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said on Wednesday.
The initiative, launched in 2015, aims to have solar panels on all rooftops across the emirate by 2030.
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"Shams Dubai allows customers to avoid using very expensive power storage systems by connecting the PV panels to the network," said Saeed Al Tayer, the managing director and chief executive of Dewa.
The power generated from the solar panels will cover the customer's needs, but under a net metering system, any surplus power will be fed back into the grid with a credit seen on the customer's electricity bill.
To help residential and businesses consider solar, Dewa created a solar calculator last month,located on its website. The calculator helps provide customers with comparisons to help promote the installation of solar power.
Other tools available to those interested in installing solar panel systems include Green Deal Dubai, a crowdsourcing platform to help drive down the costs of solar thanks to providing an aggregated list of
providers.
Dubai is targeting to generate 7 per cent of its total power output from clean energy sources by 2020, 25 per cent by 2030 and 75 per cent by 2050.
The Dewa-owned Etihad Energy Services (Esco) installed 144 solar PV panels totaling 37.5 kilowatts on the utility's centre in Hatta, the utility announced this week. The company will also add solar PV systems to 640 villas in the area by the end of the next year.
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Common OCD symptoms and how they manifest
Checking: the obsession or thoughts focus on some harm coming from things not being as they should, which usually centre around the theme of safety. For example, the obsession is “the building will burn down”, therefore the compulsion is checking that the oven is switched off.
Contamination: the obsession is focused on the presence of germs, dirt or harmful bacteria and how this will impact the person and/or their loved ones. For example, the obsession is “the floor is dirty; me and my family will get sick and die”, the compulsion is repetitive cleaning.
Orderliness: the obsession is a fear of sitting with uncomfortable feelings, or to prevent harm coming to oneself or others. Objectively there appears to be no logical link between the obsession and compulsion. For example,” I won’t feel right if the jars aren’t lined up” or “harm will come to my family if I don’t line up all the jars”, so the compulsion is therefore lining up the jars.
Intrusive thoughts: the intrusive thought is usually highly distressing and repetitive. Common examples may include thoughts of perpetrating violence towards others, harming others, or questions over one’s character or deeds, usually in conflict with the person’s true values. An example would be: “I think I might hurt my family”, which in turn leads to the compulsion of avoiding social gatherings.
Hoarding: the intrusive thought is the overvaluing of objects or possessions, while the compulsion is stashing or hoarding these items and refusing to let them go. For example, “this newspaper may come in useful one day”, therefore, the compulsion is hoarding newspapers instead of discarding them the next day.
Source: Dr Robert Chandler, clinical psychologist at Lighthouse Arabia
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What can victims do?
Always use only regulated platforms
Stop all transactions and communication on suspicion
Save all evidence (screenshots, chat logs, transaction IDs)
Report to local authorities
Warn others to prevent further harm
Courtesy: Crystal Intelligence
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