DUBAI — The Dubai utility said its one of the biggest project worth over Dh10 billion will be completed this year that will give a significant boost to its power and water capacities.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) said the Substation M Project at Jebel Ali will be completed this year and it is intended to add 2,000 megawatts power and 140 million gallons of desalinated water to it’s generation capacity. After the completion of this project the Dubai utility’s generation capacity will reach 9,643 megawatts of power and 470 million gallons of desalinated water per day.

“This substation is one of DEWA’s biggest projects where its cost exceeds Dh10 billions.

It is a great addition to DEWA’s production capacity and will be working at its full capacity by the end of this year,” DEWA Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said in a statement on Wednesday.

Al Tayer said DEWA’s projects are carried out according to a flexible strategic plan, which takes into consideration all different factors that can affect demand for its services, as power peak load increased last year by 9.6 per cent compared with that peak load recorded in 2009, and demand for water also increased by 4.4 per cent compared with 2009.

“The second quarter of the present year will see the commissioning of four gas turbines, two auxiliary boilers and one steam turbine, in addition to the units which were put into service last year. These units included two gas turbines added during the first quarter of last year with the capacity of 234 MW each totaling 468 MW, whereas two units of water desalination were put into service with the capacity of 17.5 million gallons each totaling 35 million gallons of desalinated water per day, in addition to one auxiliary boiler,” he added.