Dewa commissions 287 11kV substations in first half of ’22

DUBAI / WAM

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has commissioned 287 11kV substations in Dubai in the first half of 2022. This is part of its efforts to provide a state-of-the-art infrastructure according to the highest international standards.
These stations are primarily in Al Merkad, Jabal Ali First, Saih Shuaib 2, Al Jadaf, and Burj Khalifa areas.
Building these substations included 177,875 working hours according to the highest quality, efficiency, and safety standard, while following all precautionary measures.
“At Dewa, we work to achieve the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide an advanced infrastructure according to the highest international standards. This meets the growing demand for electricity and water in the emirate and sustainable development needs in Dubai. Dewa adopts the latest smart tools and technologies to raise the capacity and efficiency of power generation plants and transmission and distribution networks. Over the past decade, Dewa has reduced the Customer Minutes Lost (CML) in Dubai from 6.88 minutes per year in 2012 to just 1.43 minutes in 2021, which is the lowest rate worldwide,” said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa.
Rashid Bin Humaidan, Executive Vice President of Distribution Power at Dewa, said there are now 78 33kV substations in service, and 42,093 Medium Voltage (11kV or 6.6kV) substations.

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A Smart Grid provides advanced features that include interoperability across the entire electricity and water network. It is an integral part of Dewa’s strategy to develop state-of-the-art infrastructure for managing facilities and services according to smart and integrated systems using disruptive technologies and Fourth Industrial Revolution applications.
Between 2015 and 2017, Dewa fully automated its transmission network connected to the 400kV and 132 kV substations. In 2017, Dewa deployed its multi-application RF Mesh network across Dubai. Since then, it has expanded to provide communication to over 4,200 distribution substations.