Sharjah, May 28th,2007 (WAM) -- The second phase of thenational power grid was inaugurated today. Electricity networkin Sharjah was inter-connected with its peers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Waleed bin Khadem, Director of Sharjah Electricity and WaterAuthority (SEWA), said the Abu Dhabi power network was linkedwith that of Dubai with a 400 kv dual carriage lineand then with that of Sharjah with the same voltage capacity.
''The power grid of the Federal Electricity and Water Authority(FEWA) will be fed in the third phase with a power transmissionline stretching from Sharjah (Dhaid station) to Fujairah power generationstation,''he added.
According to him, feasibility and technical studies of the strategicproject started in 2000.
The nation-wide power grid will enable power authorities in each emirate to use or exchange the reserve power capacity in caseof emergency. It will also reduce operations costs ''The project, which could cost up to Dh 2 billion will allow easylink of the UAE to the GCC power grid, he said.
