Friday, Feb 25, 2011

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Projects aim to meet increasing demand for power

Dubai The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said yesterday the Dh998 million pair of sub-stations with a capacity of 400 kilovolts and 132 kilovolts at Al Aweer and Dubailand are nearing completion.

“Dewa continues its development projects to raise and upgrade the power capacity of its infrastructure to keep pace with the growth of demand for its services and meet its aspirations to optimise these services so as to achieve efficiency and reliability,” the utility said in a statement.

Work on the sub-stations, which includes supplying, installing, testing and commissioning, is “about to be finished”, it said.

“Dewa’s efforts come within the framework of enhancing the efficiency of power grids to meet the growth of demand for Dewa’s services and persist with implementing its vital projects, especially in the field of infrastructure,” Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, managing director and CEO, said.

“This project aims basically to enhance the processes of electricity transmission at Ras Al Khor and Dubailand,” he said. Each sub-station contains four transformers with a capacity of 505 megavolt ampere. The transformation sub-station at Ras Al Khor Used Car Complex will be connected to the similar Mishref Station.

The first sub-station at Ras Al Khor will serve Al Warqaa, Mirdif, Nad Al Sheba, and Nad Al Hamr, and the second one at Dubailand will serve Silicon Oasis, Al Barari, Al Ain Road, Al Lisaili and some remote areas as well as projects within Dubailand.

Al Tayer said: “Dewa marches towards successful sustainable development, while adopting the best technologies as well as adhering to achieving the highest standards of safety and environmental commitment so as to raise production and operational capacity of electricity grids.”

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Dewa continues its development projects to raise and upgrade the power capacity of its infrastructure to keep pace with the growth of demand for its services.”

Dewa statement

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