DEWA commissions new substation at Al Qusais
UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated a new 132/11 kV substation at Al Qusais Industrial Area.
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UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated a new 132/11 kV substation at Al Qusais Industrial Area.
The substation has a conversion capacity of 150 MVA with 2,400 m of 132 kV ground cables to connect it to DEWA’s grid. The project, at a total cost of $26.4 M (AED 97 M), included over 1.6 million safe working hours without injuries, despite the obstacles associated with the coronavirus epidemic during the final phases of the project. The latest technologies were used to follow work progress remotely, according to the highest standards of health, safety, and security.
“We work in line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to develop an advanced infrastructure. This ensures providing electricity and water services according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency, and safety. Inaugurating the 132/11 kV substation in Al Qusais Industrial Area is part of DEWA’s efforts to increase the capacity and efficiency of the power transmission network and meet the requirements of customers, developers, and the businesses in that area,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.
Al Tayer noted that the total cost of DEWA’s electricity transmission network projects under construction exceeds $2.7 B (AED 10 B). He said that DEWA increases the capacity of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution networks based on the demand forecast up to 2030.
Hussain Lootah, Executive Vice President of Transmission Power at DEWA, said that the new substation uses the latest digital technologies for transmission stations. This is part of DEWA’s efforts to enhance digital transformation in all its operations and services. This station now means there are now 303 such substations in service with 41 others under construction.
Source: Government of Dubai Media Office