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Sharjah electricity, water and gas authority (Sewga) is working on its strategic plan to boost the efficiency of the power grid and improve its performance.

Abengoa has completed the first solar field of the three which is building in the largest solar complex in the world.

Informa Markets has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic Middle East Energy and the supporting Global Energy & Utilities Forum will be rescheduled.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids transformers are playing a critical part in connecting the world’s largest single-site PV solar power plant to the Abu Dhabi grid.

Adnoc and ADPower have received proposals for a project to connect Adnoc’s offshore oil and gas production facilities to ADPower’s onshore national grid.

The power purchase agreement for the planned 2 GW Al-Dhafra photovoltaic solar project in Abu Dhabi is likely to be signed in August.

Taqa’s shareholders have voted to approve the transfer of ADPower’s water and power generation, transmission and distribution assets to Taqa.

ADNOC and the ADPower have revealed the issuance of a joint tender for a first-of-its-kind project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

India: L&T Construction has won a design, supply, and construction contract for a 132 kV substation in the UAE.

China’s telecom giant Huawei launched a series of innovative energy solutions at the 24th World Energy Congress hosted in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (Transco) and Siemens announced that they had jointly activated a newly installed connected power transformer, Siemens Sensformer, at Transco’s Al Foah 220/33-kilovolt substation.

Enec has safely and successfully energised Unit 3’s main power transformer and gas insulated bus (GIB).

Drydocks World has signed a contract with Petrofac and end-client TenneT to build a high voltage alternating current (HVAC) transformer station topside.

SEWA has announced that it will replace all electrical overhead transmission lines and wires of low pressure 420 KVA with ground power cables, at a cost of over $8 M.

Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum from DEWA, inaugurated the extension project of M-Station in Jebel Ali, the largest power and water desalination plant in the UAE.

UAE: UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) has signed a contract worth $94 million with Mitsubishi Electric for the installation of a number of new 132/33/11 kV substations in the Northern Emirates.

UAE, Dubai: On Monday around 7 in the morning a fire broke out in a transformer of the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) located in Al Majaz 2.

UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is building three 132/11 kV substations with 45 km of high-voltage (132 kV) cables in support of the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE.

132/11 kV substations as part of Deira Islands project

Siemens has been awarded a contract by UAE master developer Nakheel PJSC for the turnkey construction of three electrical substations in Dubai.

UAE, Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi government is set to invest more than $128 million on major infrastructural projects, which will also include electricity distribution projects.

Germany: German inspection company Dekra has opened the region’s first testing laboratory for electrical components in the Jebel Ali Free Zone Area (Jafza) in Dubai, UAE.

UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has approved a $6.4 billion budget for 2016.

UAE, Dubai: The investment bank Arqaam Capital has announced that it successfully completed the private placement of Federal Transformers Company (FTC) and Federal Power Transformers (FPT), Abu Dhabi-based manufacturers of distribution and power transformers.

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has placed over $60 million orders with ABB for the supply of three turnkey substation solutions for residential and industrial areas in Dubai, as part of UAE’s efforts to strengthen power infrastructure.