The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned 287 11kV substations in Dubai in the first half of 2022.
These stations are primarily in Al Merkad, Jabal Ali First, Saih Shuaib 2, Al Jadaf and Burj Khalifa areas.
The new electric substations are being built as part of the authorities’ efforts to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure according to the highest international standards.
These new substations are aimed at meeting the growing demand for electricity and water in the emirate and sustainable development needs in Dubai, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and chief executive officer of DEWA, said.
“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,” Al Tayer said.
Rashid Bin Humaidan, executive vice president of distribution power at DEWA, said there were now 78 33kV substations in service, and 42,093 medium voltage (11kV or 6.6kV) substations.
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