Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned 287 11kV substations in Dubai in the first half of 2022. This is part of its efforts to provide a state-of-the-art infrastructure as per the best international standards.
These substations are primarily in Al Merkad, Jabal Ali First, Saih Shuaib 2, Al Jadaf and Burj Khalifa areas.
Building these substations included 177,875 working hours as per the highest quality, efficiency and safety standards.
“At DEWA, we work to achieve the vision and directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to provide an advanced infrastructure according to the highest international standards,” said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.
“This meets the growing demand for electricity and water in the Emirate and sustainable development needs in Dubai. DEWA adopts the latest smart tools and technologies to raise the capacity and efficiency of power generation plants and transmission and distribution networks,” he said.
“Over the past decade, DEWA has reduced the Customer Minutes Lost (CML) in Dubai from 6.88 minutes per year in 2012 to just 1.43 minutes in 2021, which is the lowest rate worldwide,” he added.
Rashid Bin Humaidan, Executive Vice President of Distribution Power at DEWA, said there are now 78 33kV substations in service, and 42,093 Medium Voltage (11kV or 6.6kV) substations.
