NEEDS Chairman: Dr. Mounir Yehia
Dr. Mounir Yehia is a former Professor at the American University of Beirut, former Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department, former member of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese Electricity Company, and Advisor to Abu Dhabi Water and Electric Authority.
Dr. Yehia is an active consultant in the development of integrated national planning and policy programs, deregulation and restructuring of power and water utilities, power system planning and analysis, energy and distribution management systems, load management and automatic metering systems, information technology applications, Geographic Information Systems, and the transformation of public and private enterprises to the digital environment.
Digital Utility
An Evolving Reality
The development of a solid digital platform provides a broad mirroring of the physical assets, comprehensive modeling of the physics of the electricity and water flow, and enterprise vision to the business environment. The mirroring process must be dynamic in time and able to replicate any changes and new developments in the business reality into the digital environment,.....
Smart Grid
NEEDS initiated the Research, Development, and Implementation Programs for the radical
transformation of the power grid in different countries of the region into a real smart grid
with multi-supply/generation components and schemes, storage facilities, increased connectivity,
embedded automation/control and information platforms, and dynamic coordination/interaction...
