Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced on Sunday that it commissioned 17 new transmission substations in 2022 at total cost of around AED3.2 billion ($871 million).

These include fifteen 132kV stations with a conversion capacity of 2,280 megavolt amperes (MVA) and two 400kV stations with a conversion capacity of 4,000 MVA, the DFM-listed utility said in a press statement.

The project also included installation of 5 kilometres of 400kV overhead transmission lines and 247 kilometres of 132 kV ground cables to connect the substations to the main transmission network.

The new 132kV main transmission stations supply Al Barsha South, Jebel Ali, Al Furjan, Al Merkadh, Business Bay, Umm Hurair, Wadi Al Safa, Oud Al Muteena, Al Rigga, Al Wasl, Me’aisem, Umm Al Ramool, Al Aweer, and Ghadeer Barashy while the two 400kV stations are located at Al Qusais Industrial Area 5 and Jebel Ali First.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA said the total value of DEWA’s investments in ongoing and completed electricity transmission projects by end of 2022 reached AED8.1 billion ($2.2 billion). This included AED800 million ($218 million) for 400 kV transmission projects and AED7.3 billion for 132 kV transmission projects ($2 billion).

DEWA’s Executive Vice President of Transmission (Power) Hussain Lootah added that the total number of 132 kV transmission substations in Dubai had reached 334 by the end of 2022 while 29 stations are currently under construction.

DEWA has approved investment worth AED10 billion ($2.7 billion) for electricity transmission projects between 2021 and 2024 which includes AED2 billion ($545 million) for 400 kV transmission projects and AED8 billion ($2.3 billion) for 132 kV projects, the statement said.

(Writing by Senthil Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@lseg.com)