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Installed capacity reaches 12,900 megawatts and 490 million imperial gallons of desalinated water per day
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Increased capacity attributed to state-of-the-art infrastructure, innovation and planning
Dubai: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that its installed capacity has reached 12,900 megawatts (MW) of electricity and 490 million imperial gallons of desalinated water per day (MIGD) thanks to its state-of-the-art infrastructure, innovation and planning.
This is in line with DEWA’s efforts to keep pace with the increasing demand for electricity and water, as well as Dubai’s ambitious urban and economic plans.
Compared to the 1990s, which witnessed the merger of the Dubai Electricity Company and the Dubai Water Department and the establishment of DEWA, the installed capacity of electricity was about 1,200 MW and water was 60 MIGD.
This means DEWA’s production capacity today has increased more than 10 times for electricity and more than eight times for water.
It is expected that the installed production capacity of electricity will increase next July to 13,200 megawatts, with the commissioning of the 300MW first project of the 900MW 5th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, using photovoltaic solar panels based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model.
The UAE, represented by DEWA, has maintained its first global ranking, for the third consecutive year, with scores of 100% in all Getting Electricity indicators in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report. The report measures the ease of doing business in 190 economies around the world.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, said DEWA works in line with the vision and directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, to provide an advanced and integrated infrastructure for electricity and water.
“Electricity infrastructure expansion plans are developed based on demand forecast in Dubai until 2030, considering the demographic and economic growth in the Emirate. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy, Dubai continues to grow and develop, consolidating its position as an attractive environment for global investments,” said Tayer.
DEWA is credited with a new world record in reducing Customer Minutes Lost (CML) for electricity per year. DEWA recorded 1.66 minutes in Dubai, compared to around 15 minutes recorded by leading electricity companies in the European Union.