• A Resilient 2024 and the Outlook for 2025
    May 5 2025

    In this episode, host Abdulrahman Bafaraj, Project Director at EWEC, is joined by Laura Thomson, General Counsel, and Ali Al Nuaimi, Head of Business Continuity Management, for a wide-ranging discussion on EWEC’s achievements and the company’s strategic priorities for 2025.

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    21 mins
  • Power Network Operations
    Aug 27 2024

    In this episode of The Current, host Sara Al Blooshi, Senior Communications Specialist at EWEC, speaks with Salwa Alshehhi, Senior Generation Planning Engineer, and Fatmah Al Salami, Network Studies Senior Engineer, about power system operations, enhancements to network planning to support the energy transition, the vital role of Emirati women within the energy sector, and EWEC’s latest milestones in leading the UAE’s energy transition.

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    16 mins
  • Achieving Zero-Hour
    Jul 9 2024

    In this episode of The Current, host Abdulrahman Bafaraj, Senior Project Manager at EWEC, speaks with Georgios Vantsiotis, Demand Forecasting Director, and Omar Al Ameri, Head of Power Operation Control, about EWEC’s journey to achieving ‘zero-hour’, when EWEC will be able to operate the grid without gas-fired generation, as well as EWEC’s latest achievements in accelerating the UAE’s energy transition.

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    17 mins
  • The Outlook for 2024 and Beyond
    Feb 1 2024

    In this episode of The Current, host Abdulrahman Bafaraj, Senior Project Manager at EWEC, speaks with Bruce Smith, Strategy and Planning Executive Director, and Mark Hedges, Asset Management Executive Director, about EWEC’s milestone achievements in 2023 and the outlook for 2024 and beyond, as EWEC continues to lead the UAE’s energy transition.

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    29 mins
  • Accelerating the UAE’s energy transition
    Dec 8 2023

    Host Abdulrahman Omar Bafaraj, Sr. Project Manager at EWEC, speaks to René Matthies, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Corporate Operations, and Andy Biffen, Asset Development Executive Director, on EWEC’s strategies and plans to accelerate the UAE’s energy transition and contribute to a low-carbon, net zero future. Against the backdrop of the UAE hosting COP28, they also discuss EWEC’s projects that showcase how we are already working towards a sustainable future in support of government initiatives and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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    23 mins
  • EWEC’s Statement of Future Capacity Requirements 2023-2029: Summary Report
    Aug 9 2023

    The Current’s latest episode focuses on explaining the recommendations within EWEC’s Statement of Future Capacity Requirements 2023-2029: Summary Report and what they mean for Abu Dhabi’s future water and electricity capacity, as well as highlighting various activities and milestones over the past quarter.

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    32 mins
  • EWEC Initiatives – Driving Change for a Sustainable Future
    Apr 5 2023

    In this episode, Abdulrahman Omar Bafaraj, Sr. Project Manager at EWEC, discusses with Easa Alzarooni, System Operations Executive Director, and Mark Hedges, Asset Management Executive Director, how EWEC’s low-carbon intensive water desalination and renewable energy projects contribute to decarbonising the energy sector.

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    33 mins
  • Clean Energy Certificates – Enabling Abu Dhabi Entities To Go Green
    Sep 26 2022

    In this second episode, host Taryam Al Subaihi – Corporate Communications Executive Director – chats with two EWEC industry experts about the impact of Clean Energy Certificates (CECs). He is joined on the podcast by Francois Brice, Commercial Executive Director, and Jasem Mohamed Othman, Commercial Operations and Relationship Manager.

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    18 mins