Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 5

31-Jan-2011

UAE

DEWA Plans To Add 2GW Of Generating Capacity In 2011

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will complete the Substation M Project at Jebel Ali in 2011, with a capacity to generate 2gw of electric power and desalinate 140mn gallons/day of seawater, the company said on 26 January. This will increase DEWAs capacity to 9.643gw of power generation and 470mn gal/day of desalination. This substation is one of DEWAs biggest projects,...