The Executive Director of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, inaugurated a new 400 \ 132 kV main transformer station in the Dubai South region, with a capacity of 2020 MVA, in addition to 400 KV air lines of 2.4 km to connect it to the authority's network.
The inauguration by the authority was attended by Eng. Hussain Lootah, Executive Vice President - Energy Transport Sector, Eng. Rashid bin Humaidan, Executive Vice President of Energy Distribution Sector, Eng. Walid Salman, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Human Resources Sector Dr. Youssef Salman The most generous, and the number of employees of the body.
The total cost of the project amounted to 336,507,376 dirhams, and was completed within a record time period of 27 months, and included more than 2.6 million safe working hours without injuries despite the constraints associated with the spread of the Corona pandemic emerging (Covid-19) during the final stages of the project, where the most recent Technologies to follow the workflow remotely to ensure the highest standards of security and safety to maintain the health of all workers.
Commenting on this achievement, His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said: "We work within the framework of the vision and directions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, to provide an advanced and integrated infrastructure for electricity and water in accordance with the highest standards of availability and reliability. Efficiency and safety, to meet the growing demand and keep pace with the needs of sustainable development in Dubai The inauguration of the 400 \ 132 kV main transformer station in the Dubai South region is part of the authority’s efforts to raise the capacity and efficiency of the electricity transmission network in the region and meet the needs of consumers, developers, business sectors and the growth requirements of loads for new stations 132 kV in Dubai World Central. "
Al Tayer pointed out that the total value of the electricity transmission network projects under construction at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority exceeds 10 billion dirhams, indicating that the transformation station in "Dubai South" has been implemented in accordance with the highest standards of quality, efficiency and safety, relying on the latest digital technology for transfer stations within efforts The authority to promote digital transformation in all its service and operational operations.
Eng. Hussain Lootah, Executive Vice President of the Energy Transportation Sector of the Authority, stated that the inauguration of the new transfer station raises the total number of transmission stations 400/132 kV to 23 stations, in addition to 4 new stations that are currently being built, and 250 kilometers of air transmission lines of 400 kV With an estimated cost of 2 billion dirhams. The Authority is also currently conducting final tests for 11 transport stations with a capacity of 132/11 11 kV at a cost of up to 1.5 billion dirhams.
It is noteworthy that the United Arab Emirates, represented by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, maintained for the third year in a row, first in the world in obtaining electricity, according to the World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report, which measures the ease of doing business in 190 economies around the world. Complete marks on all indicators of the electric power hub, including procedures; Time; Cost; Electricity supply reliability and tariff transparency. Electricity is being delivered to customers in the commercial and industrial sectors in Dubai within 5 days and in one step only through the "Law" service, with exemption from connection fees and insurance amount of up to 150 kilowatts. The time required to deliver electricity in the UAE, represented by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, is the lowest globally, according to the World Bank report.