DEWA Records 9.6% Increase in Peak Load as of July 2010

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11 August 2010

DEWA records an increase in Peak Load by 9.6% as of July 2010

H.E Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced today that the Authority recorded an increase of 539 MW in the annual electricity Peak Load in Dubai, a rate of 9.6% as of July 2010. The annual electricity Peak Load in Dubai increased by 6161 MW as of July 2010 compared with 5622 MW in total for the same period in 2009. These figures reflect DEWA’s production capacity to meet the needs in a constant and stable power supply to various economic sectors in Dubai by constant and stable electricity. These figures also confirm the increase in the capacity and efficiency of the electricity transmission networks designed to meet the growing demand and needs of different segments of consumers The rate of peak demand for water in Dubai during the month of July rose to 287 million gallons per day compared to 271 million gallons per day for the same month last year and recorded an increase of 5.9%. H.E Al Tayer pointed out: The continuing increase in demand for water and electricity in Dubai is a clear indication that the economic, commercial and construction cycles in Dubai returned to their previous prosperous conditions. The increasing rates of consumption of electricity and water are linked to the economic growth, and these rates are expected to rise during the current month of August . The consistent expansion in electricity and water networks transmission and distribution is a clear sign for the development and the industrial and urbanization growth in Dubai. DEWA is currently working on completing 6 substations with a power capacity of 400 kV and 56 others with a power capacity of 132 kV during the first quarter of this year,” H.E pointed out. The total installed capacity of the current production is 7830 MW for power and 330 million gallons of desalinated water per day. The Peak Load is the maximum load of the system that can be reached within one year and will not exceed an hour or two in time. Networks are designed on the basis of their ability to sustain this Load.