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DEWA expands Dubai’s transmission network with 22 new 132kV substations launched in 2025 · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Future Forward, where we track the
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  developments shaping our world. Yeah. Today,
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  we're focusing on Dubai, where a massive energy
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  infrastructure expansion is underway. Corée,
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  the latest update from the Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority, or DEWA, is just remarkable
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  in its scale. It certainly is, Aljaneeb. In 2025
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  alone, DEWA has commissioned a... eight new transmission
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  substations and laid 250 kilometers of new lines.
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  Wow. And this comes at a cost of over 1 .35 billion
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  AED just to power key growth areas like Hara
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  and Jebel Ali first. And the momentum is clearly
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  building. They've also just broken ground on
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  five additional substations. That's a $560 million
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  AED project to supply new residential communities,
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  including Latifa City and Al -Khwanaj Second.
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  Right. This brings the total number of substation
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  projects launched this year to 22. It's a testament
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  to a proactive strategy, you know? Not just reacting
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  to demand, but actively building capacity for
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  the future. The MD and CEO of Diwa, His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr, he really emphasized
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  the vision behind this push. He did. He said
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  something like, in line with the vision of His
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  Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
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  to provide an advanced and integrated infrastructure
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  for Dubai, we at Diwa are working to deliver
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  electricity and water services according to the
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  highest standards of availability. reliability,
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  and efficiency in order to meet growing demand
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  and to keep pace with the Emirates' sustainable
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  development requirements. Okay. Then he gets
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  into the numbers. The total value of electricity
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  transmission network projects currently under
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  construction exceeds 8 .5 billion AED. 8 .5 billion?
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  Yeah. And get this, the reliability and availability
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  of Diwa's transmission lines are close to 100%.
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  Wow. Then he talks about how the new projects
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  include constructing substations and extending
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  the necessary underground cables.