Instant licence is an e-Service licence issued by DoE instantly with minimal requirements for individuals and companies to carry out one of the small-scale regulated activity (self-supply)
Regulated activity |
Categories and scope of small-scale regulated activities |
Production capacity of small-scale regulated activities |
Production, treatment and desalination of water |
All types and techniques of water production, treatment and desalination |
Production capacity of no more than 2 million liters/day in one facility and no more than 10 million liters/day for the total declared net production capacity of water. |
Electricity generation |
All types and techniques of electricity generation except generating electricity by solar energy |
Production capacity of no more than 5 MW in one facility and no more than 25 MW for the total declared net production capacity of electricity. |
Electricity generation through Solar Energy |
All types and techniques of electricity generation by solar energy
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Production capacity of no more than 50 kWp |
Collection, treatment, disposal and recycling of wastewater including the grey water |
All of whose activities are limited to self-supply of wastewater |
The capacity of no more than 100 thousand liters/ day in one facility and no more than 500 thousand liters/ day of the total declared production capacity of wastewater. |
Storage of water and electricity |
All of whose activities are limited to self-supply (water storage activity does not require any licence when it complements a licensed activity). |
Not specified |
Distribution of water and electricity |
All of whose activities are limited to self-supply |
Not specified |
Supply of water and electricity |
All of whose activities are limited to self-supply |
Not specified |
Distribution, supply, sale, purchase of water via tankers |
All types of drinking water, non-drinking and recycled water distributed or supplied or via tankers |
Not specified |
Collection, disposal of wastewater via tankers |
All types of wastewater including grey water, recycled water collected or disposed of via tankers |
Not specified |
Link of the e-services:
Instant Licensing Portal
For enquiries regarding licensing, please contact our licensing team:
Email: licence@doe.gov.ae
Telephone: +971 2 2070 777
Fax: +971 2 6713 750