Project totals AED 900 million with 4,040 MVA over 400/132KV grid
Dubai, UAE - 6th February, 2012: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched two main 400/132KV Substations at Al Aweer and Meydan at a total cost of AED 883 million during January. Works in these two Substations include extending 400KV overhead lines costing up to AED 17 million throughout Mushrif, Warsan, Meydan and Jebel Ali.
DEWA is managing a range of development projects to enhance and update the capacity of its infrastructure to meet the targets of Dubai's strategic plan and DEWA's aspirations to enhance its transmission grid and optimize its services. These Substations are the backbone of DEWA's power transmission grids.
"In line with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to promote Dubai's leading position in the region as a global hub for finance, business and tourism, DEWA is enhancing the efficiency of its power grids through a series of key projects to support its infrastructure," said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.
"These Substations apply state-of-the-art digital technologies for Substation transformers to improve the reliability and efficiency of its operations, which will drive its efforts to achieve sustainable development," added His Excellency.
"The project aims to promote power transmission at Al Aweer and Meydan. This project comprises two main 400/132KV Substations. They have four transformers, each with a capacity of 2,020 Megavolt Amperes. These two Substations are connected by 1.6km of overhead lines to other Substations at Mushrif, Warsan and Jebel Ali. These will enhance the efficiency of the power transmission grid all over Dubai," added His Excellency.
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For more information, please contact:
Ribal Dayekh
Marketing & Corporate Communications
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
Tel: +971 4 324 4444
Fax: +971 4 324 8111
Email: ribal.dayekh@dewa.gov.ae
© Press Release 2012
