October 12, 2008

DEWA to install 10 substations at Palm Deira

DEWA recently announced that it will install 10 substations with transmission and distribution circuits worth AED 3.2 billion in the first phase of Nakheel’s Palm Deira development.

Mr Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer MD & CEO of DEWA said that nine 132 /22 kV substations and one 400/132 kV will be built on the development with Nakheel investing AED 1 billion for the power facilities. He added that "Dubai Industrial City, which would be home to about 450 factories and manufacturing centers by 2015, will be given 6 substations."

Mr Rashed Al Ansari MD of Dubai Industrial City said that the management will be ready to construct more should the need arise. Currently, DEWA is building 4 substations at DIC, each with a capacity of 132kV. Total investment in the construction of the substations is expected to reach AED 598 million.

DIC is DEWA’s third largest client after Dubailand and the Al Maktoum Airport. Also recently, Dubailand will build 11 substations of 132 kV, valued at AED 1.43 billion to supply power for the first phase of the development.

Mr Mohammed Al Habbai CEO of Dubailand said that the project has received approval for 10 more substations from DEWA to be built over 24 months. Last month, DEWA signed 6 contracts for mega projects at a total value of AED 12 billion. A number of them are for installation and commissioning of substations.