01 December 2020

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced the opening of 20 new power substations this year as part of its efforts to provide utility services of the highest standards of availability, reliability and efficiency.

It includes a 400 kV substation in Dubai South with a conversion capacity of 2020 megavolt-amperes (MVA) and nineteen 132 kV substations in several areas across Dubai with a conversion capacity of 2,700 MVA, said Dewa.  The total cost of the substations has reached Dh2.6 billion ($708 million), it added.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dewa, said these new substations were part of the authority’s efforts to increase the capacity, efficiency and readiness of the power transmission network in the emirate and meet the future needs of customers, developers and business sector.

According to him, Dewa’s total investments in power transmission have reached Dh11.2 billion. Of this, around Dh2.4 billion has been spent on 400 kV transmission projects, and Dh8.8 billion on 132 kV transmission projects.

Executive Vice President (Transmission Power) at Dewa Hussain Lootah said the substations opening went as per planned despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19.

The total number of 400 kV substations in Dubai now stands at 23 with four new ones under construction, while the number of 132 kV units is 302 with 42 substations under construction, stated Lootah.

Meanwhile, Dewa has completed 72 per cent of the water reservoir project, which it is currently building in Lusaily area of the emirate.  The reservoir will have a storage capacity of 60 million gallons.

The project, with investments totalling Dh175.4 million, is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2021.

“Dewa works in line with its strategy to consolidate Dubai’s leading position as a role model in the effectiveness and efficiency of the electricity and water infrastructure to meet current and future development requirements in Dubai. We are currently building a reinforced concrete 60-million-gallon reservoir in Lusaily alongside the existing one, which stores 120 million gallons of desalinated water,” said Al Tayer.

“We are building another 120 million gallon reservoir in Nakhali to increase the water flow and raise the volume of the emirate’s water reserve. This meets the growing demand, supports the sustainable development of Dubai, and increases the efficiency and reliability of water networks,” added Al Tayer.

Al Tayer said that Dewa aims to increase the water storage capacity in Dubai to 1,002 million gallons by 2021 compared to the current capacity of 815  million gallons. he noted that Dewa adopts the latest global technologies to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure and manage all facilities and services in the Emirate through smart connected systems.  

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