Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has revealed that they are presently working on power transmission projects valued at over AED4.2 billion ($1.14 billion). In the initial half of the year, the utility provider commissioned seven 132 kV substations.
In an announcement on 3 September 2023, DEWA said this was in line with its efforts to boost the reliability and availability of energy transmission systems in the emirate.
By embracing cutting-edge technologies from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as well as smart technologies and innovative methods in all its functions, it has achieved a 100% reliability and availability rate for Dubai’s energy transmission system.
DEWA commissions seven new 132kV substation in H1 2023
In another key achievement, the Dubai utility said it has commissioned seven new 132 kV substations during the first half of the year at an investment of over AED962 million ($262 million).
Completing the substations in Al Jaddaf, Al Hebiah Fourth, Al Rigga, Jebel Ali Port, Marsa Dubai, Al Yufrah, and Jebel Ali 2, required more than 6.8 million safe working hours, according to DEWA. The projects involved laying 36 km of 132kV ground cables, it added.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said: “The total cost of the new 132 kV substations with a conversion capacity of 1050 megavolt-amperes (MVA), exceeded AED962 million using the latest global technologies.”
According to him, these initiatives help meet the requirements of the comprehensive sustainable development plans and supports the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan.
Hussain Lootah, Executive Vice President of Transmission Power at DEWA, said: “The total number of transmission substations across Dubai reached 368 stations by the end of the first half of 2023.”
“These include 27 400kV substations and 341 132 kV substations, in addition to 25 132 kV substations under construction,” he added.
