Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has pushed its strategic investment in electricity transmission network projects past AED 10 billion, according to MD and CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.
He credited the sustained investment to the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Al Tayer said DEWA commissioned eight 132kV substations in the first half of 2026, adding 1,200 megavolt-amperes of conversion capacity at a cost of AED 970 million, alongside 20km of extended transmission cables. A 400/132kV transmission substation was also commissioned in Saih Al Dahal within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, providing 2,000MVA of capacity at a cost of AED 630 million and including 117km of new overhead transmission lines. The combined projects required more than nine million working hours.
DEWA is now building 65 new 132kV substations and one 400kV substation, with plans over the next three years to tender more than 30 additional 132kV substations, extend 340km of underground cables and construct two more 400kV substations. Al Tayer linked the expansion to the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 and Dubai Social Agenda 33.
Hussain Lootah, Executive Vice President of Transmission Power at DEWA, said new substations serve areas including Madinat Hind 4 and seven other districts such as Nad Al Sheba First and Al Manara. DEWA now operates 402 transmission substations, comprising 28 at 400kV and 374 at 132kV.
During the first half of the year, 21 contracts were awarded for new 132kV substations across multiple Dubai districts, along with contracts to extend 64km of connecting cables at a combined cost of AED 3 billion.
News Source: Dubai Media Office
