UAE - Mubasher: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has opened six electricity transmission substations valued at more than AED 1.1 billion from the beginning of 2021 to 30 April 2021.
The substations include a 400 kilovolt (kV) substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park with a conversion capacity of 2,020 megavolt-amperes (MVA) and five 132 kV substations across several areas in Dubai with a conversion capacity of 750 MVA, according to a press release on Sunday.
Constructed with the latest technologies used globally, these stations supply the neighbourhoods of Al Satwa; Palm Deira; Jebel Ali Industrial Zone; and Umm Al Daman.
The Executive Vice President of Transmission Power, Hussain Lootah, said that Dubai has now 24, 400kV substations as of 30 April 2021, with another three under construction.
The Managing Director and CEO of DEWA, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, commented: "The total value of DEWA’s investments in electricity transmission reached AED 8.8 billion, including AED 2 billion for key 400 kV transmission projects and AED 6.8 billion for 132 kV projects."
