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Substation at Dewa's Solar Park is 30% complete

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is progressing with construction of the 400/132kV substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO).
This supports the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the Dubai Plan 2021, to enhance Dubai's position as a global role model for achieving the highest standards in energy efficiency, renewable energy and creating a sustainable future for generations to come.
About 30 per cent of the project's engineering work has been completed. The station will be completed by November 2016.
Al Tayer said the substation will connect the solar power generated from the 200MW second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park to Dewa's grid.
In the future, other phases of the Solar Park will be connected to the station to power new development projects in Dubai. Another substation with the same capacity will be built to transmit the solar energy of the Solar Park, which is expected to reach 3,000MW by 2030.
- business@khaleejtimes.com

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