EWEC's Future Projects - An Overview on EWEC's Upcoming Projects
EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) is accelerating the decarbonisation of Abu Dhabi and the UAE's water and power infrastructure through commissioning the development of a robust pipeline of new low-carbon-intensive RO plants and highly efficient and flexible gas projects.
Speaker(s)
Omar Al Ameri serves as Senior Vice President – Trading at EWEC, where he leads the company’s trading function and directs its commercial participation across electricity markets. Shaping EWEC’s external trading portfolio, and expertly balancing the generation fleet with customer demand and regional fuel positions, Omar works to capture market value, optimise system costs, enable sustainability initiatives, and support the broader economic objectives of the energy sector.
Omar also brings extensive experience in operational leadership, overseeing system operations for Abu Dhabi and the UAE, and the seamless integration of major low-carbon assets, including nuclear energy and solar power plants, significantly reinforcing the resilience of the national power supply.
In addition to his role at EWEC, Omar sits on the Market and Operational Committees of the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) and has published peer-reviewed research on renewable energy integration through CIGRE GCC.
Omar holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, completed advanced executive development courses at the University of Michigan and Harvard in the United States, and has successfully passed Level I of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme
