DUBAI, UAE – Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned six new 132/11 kV transmission substations from January to the end of April 2023 with a conversion capacity of 900 megavolt-amperes (MVA), and a cost of US$151 million (AED555 million).
The new transmission substations are in Al Jaddaf, Tilal Al Ghaf, Bani Yas, Jebel Ali Port, Marsa Dubai and Al Yufrah 1.
The project included 3,450 meters of 132kV ground cable to connect with the main transmission network.
Completing these substations required more than six million safe working hours using the latest global digital technologies for transmission substations, thus enhancing DEWA’s efforts to promote digital transformation in all its service and operations.
MD & CEO of DEWA Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said that the total cost of DEWA’s electricity transmission network projects under construction exceeds US$1.3 billion (AED5 billion).
The reliability and availability of DEWA’s transmission lines is around 100%.
Al Tayer highlighted DEWA’s keenness to ensure optimizing resources and the highest standards of security, safety and quality in implementing all its projects.
Executive Vice President of Transmission Power at DEWA Hussain Lootah said, “We are working to provide advanced infrastructure, increase the capacity and efficiency of the power transmission network in the area, and meet the requirements of customers, developers, and the business sector.”
He said, “The total number of 132 kV transmission stations across Dubai reached 340 stations by the end of April 2023, in addition to 24 stations under construction.”