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Dewa commissions substation in Dubai South

01 September 2020

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has commissioned a new 400/132 kV substation in Dubai South with a conversion capacity of 2,020 megavolt-amperes (MVA).

The project, which sees 2.4-km-long 400-kV overhead lines connected to Dewa’s network and which was carried out at a total cost of Dh336.5 million ($91.6 million), was completed in a record time of 27 months, said Dewa.

According to Dewa, over 2.6 million safe working hours were successfully completed without injuries, despite the obstacles associated with the coronavirus epidemic during the final phases of the project.

The latest technologies were used to follow work progress remotely according to the highest standards of safety and security to protect the health of all workers.

“The project is part of Dewa’s efforts to increase the capacity and efficiency of the power transmission network in the area and meet the requirements of customers, developers, and the business sector, as well as the demand requirements of the new 132 kV stations at Dubai World Central,” remarked Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dewa, after commissioning the project.

According to him, the total value of Dewa’s power transmission network under construction exceeds Dh10 billion.

Hussein Lootah, Executive Vice President of Transmission Power at Dewa, said that the new substation increases the total number of 400/132 kV substations to 23, in addition to four new substations being built and 250 km of 400 kV overhead transmission lines at an estimated cost of Dh2 billion.

Dewa is currently conducting the final testing of 11 new 132/11 kV substations costing up to Dh1.5 billion.