Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated 6 electricity transmission substations with a total investment of over AED 1.1 billion from the beginning of 2021 to 30 April 2021.

This is part of its efforts to provide electricity and water services according to the highest standards of reliability, availability, and efficiency.

The substations include a 400 kilovolt substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park with a conversion capacity of 2,020 megavolt-amperes (MVA) and 5 -132 kilovolt substations across several areas in Dubai with a conversion capacity of 750 MVA.

These stations supply the neighbourhoods of Al Satwa; Palm Deira; Jebel Ali Industrial Zone; and Umm Al Daman.

Completing those stations required around 10.6 million safe working hours despite the COVID-19 pandemic during the final stages of implementation. The substations were constructed with state of the art technologies used globally in constructing substations to ensure the highest safety and security standards. This protects the health of DEWA staff as well as society.

“Inaugurating the new substations is part of DEWA’s efforts to boost the capacity, efficiency, and readiness of electricity transmission networks in Dubai. This will meet the future needs of developers, customers, and the business sector. It will also provide a convenient margin by using the latest tools and the best smart and digital technologies to anticipate the future. This is part of DEWA’s efforts to digitally transform all its operations and services. The total value of DEWA’s investments in electricity transmission reached AED 8.8 billion, including AED 2 billion for key 400 kilovolt transmission projects and AED 6.8 billion for 132 kilovolt projects,” said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director & CEO of DEWA.

Executive Vice President of Transmission Power Mr Hussain Lootah, said that constructing the substations was implemented as planned despite the pandemic. He added that there are now 24 400 kilovolt substations in Dubai as of 30 April 2021, with another 3 under construction. There are now 312 132 kilovolt substations with 39 more under construction.

The UAE, represented by DEWA, maintained its 1st global place for the 3rd consecutive year in the World Bank's Doing Business in 2020 report. The report measures the ease of doing business in 190 economies around the world.

DEWA achieved 100 per cent in all Getting Electricity indicators including the procedures; time; cost; reliability; and transparency of tariff.

Commercial and industrial customers can now get electricity connection up to 150 kilowatts within 5 days and in 1 step through Al Namoos, with security deposits and new connection charges waived.

The UAE, represented by DEWA, has the shortest time in the world for getting electricity according to the World Bank’s report.