DEWA commissions substation at MBR Solar Park
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has commissioned a 400/132 kV substation Shams.
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UAE, Dubai: Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has commissioned a 400/132 kV substation Shams.
The substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park has a conversion capacity of 2020 MVA with 223 km of 400 kV overhead lines to connect with DEWA’s network.
ABB Linxon, which is a joint venture company set up by SNC-Lavalin and Hitachi ABB Power Grids, implemented the project. Shams substation uses the latest control and protection systems. It includes 14 (400 kV) gas insulated switchgears (GIS), 28 (132 kV) GIS, and four 400/132 kV transformers of 2020 MVA capacity.
Commenting on the project, Al Tayer said: “Inaugurating the 400/132 kV Shams substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is part of DEWA’s efforts to raise the capacity of the power transmission network and increase the share of clean energy in Dubai’s energy mix. This achieves the objectives of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 to provide 75 % of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.”
Al Tayer said that the total value of DEWA’s power transmission network under construction exceeds $2.3 B.
Shams substation has achieved more than two million safe working hours without LTI. Drones were used to follow work progress remotely round-the-clock as well as arrange for virtual site visits.
The new substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park increases the total number of 400/132 kV substations in Dubai to 24, in addition to three new substations that DEWA is currently building.
Source: Construction Week Online