Dewa’s power transmission project spend hits $2.7bln in 3 years

Dewa’s power transmission project spend hits $2.7bln in 3 years

UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has spent around AED10 billion ($2.72 billion) on its electricity transmission projects between 2021 and 2024. This included AED2 billion for 400 kV projects and the rest for 132 kV projects, said its top official.

Dewa also recorded substantial growth in the number of new transmission substations during the first half of 2022, which surged by 22 percent compared to last year, remarked MD & CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.

Dewa’s adoption of the latest disruptive technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, smart technologies and innovative practices across all its operations, has contributed to achieving 100 percent in the reliability and availability of the energy transmission system in Dubai, and achieving the best performance among utilities worldwide in energy transmission since 2018, he added.

He was speaking at a cermony to mark the commissioning of two new substations - a 132kV unit at Al Awir First with a transmission capacity of 150 MVA, and a 400/132kV unit in Jebel Ali First with a conversion transmission of 2,000 MVA - at a total cost of AED518 million ($141 million).

With this commissioning, the total number of 400 kV transmission substations in Dubai has now risen to 27