Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a contract exceeding $90 million to Switzerland’s ABB Group to build a substation to integrate solar power generated in the next phases of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park into Dubai’s electrical grid.
ABB stated that this project will be its second substation for Al Maktoum Park as a population growth has boosted energy demand, according to Arabian Business.
“ABB is responsible for the design, supply, and installation and commissioning of the Shams 400/132 kilovolts (kV) substation, which once completed, will have an overall capacity of more than 2,000 megavolt amperes (MVA),” the Swiss company revealed.
Last year, ABB completed its first substation, which connects the solar park phase II and integrates 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the transmission grid.
“We are proud to work with DEWA and continue to contribute to this landmark project with our state-of-the-art technologies that will boost capacity and bring cleaner solar power to the people,” president of ABB’s Power Grids Division Claudio Facchin said.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is projected to generate 1,000 MWs by 2020 and 5,000 MWs by 2030.
