The two important powers with one mission. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Senegal are doing two important things together to make it better. And both are from official government or United Nations sources.
Upcoming 2026 UN Water Conference
- It is not planned that the UAE and Senegal will co-host the 2026 United Nations Water Conference. Which is going to be held in the UAE from December 2 to 4, 2026.
- Their major aim is to speed up progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6)
- To take it further, they already conducted a meeting at the UN Headquarters on 3 March 2025 (Organizational Session). This meeting was important as during this meeting, they shared some ideas about what should be discussed at the conference.
- On 9 July 2025, a meeting was conducted where 6 main themes were there for the dialogues at the conference. Themes mainly include: water for people in need, water for prosperity, water for the planet with cooperation as well as water governance and investment for water.
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Masdar / Infinity Power Battery Project in Senegal
- A UAE company known as Masdar, which is in partnership with Infinity Power, is doing a project in Senegal. They both signed a 20-year agreement with Senelec, which is the national electricity company in Senegal, to build a battery energy storage system (BESS).
- The system will have 40 MW capacity with 160 MWh energy storage inside. Which means it can store a lot of energy to help when wind or solar energy is low.
- The BESS is going to be built at Tobene substation in Thies, Senegal. It is part of the larger wind farm called Parc Eolien Taiba N’Diaye (PETN) which is known to produce about 158.7 MW of wind power.
