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6008 Gigawatt/Hour and 20111 Million Gallons of desalinated water during the first quarter of 2011 Dubai Electricity and water Authority is making great progress in implementing its vital projects especially in the field of infrastructure in line with the directives of His Highness sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which aim to consolidate Dubai’s leading position and strengthen its role as a world economic and financial pole. In this context, His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of DEWA said that electricity generation during the first quarter of this year amounted to 6008 Gigawatt/hour, while the quantities of water supplied during this quarter reached 20111 Million Gallons of desalinated water. He also pointed out that DEWA is working hard to reliably and efficiently meet consumers’ needs and development projects in various economic and social sectors. All these endeavors aim to effectively contribute to promoting Dubai’s strategy through providing the Emirate’s requirements of electricity and water.” “These accomplishments made by DEWA stress the fact that our Government is determined to pursue its developmental march steadily and push forward to implement its vital projects, especially in the field of infrastructure, which has always been one of Dubai’s characteristics and constitute one of the most important pillars of sustainable development.” His Excellency continued. His Excellency also stated that DEWA now possesses 23 thousand main transformation substations with capacity of 11 KV, 152 main transformation substations with capacity of 132 KV, and 14 main transformation substations with capacity of 400 KV. Moreover, DEWA is now working to achieve 4 main transformation substations with capacity of 400 KV.” “DEWA’s projects include the completion of “M” Station for power generation and water desalination at Jebel Ali, whose production capacity reaches 2000 Megawatt and 140 Million Gallons of desalinated water per day, at the cost of more than AED 10 billions. This station constitutes one of the main pillars of DEWA’s production capacity. It is expected that “M” Station’s full production capacity, after being fully commissioned, will reach 10 thousand Megawatt during this year,” His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer further added. It should also be noted that the installed generation capacity of the authority at the end of 2010 amounted to 7361 Megawatt, while water production capacity of the same year was 330 Million Gallons per day. Present installed capacity amounts to 8519 Megawatt, and 400 Million Gallons of desalinated water per day, after the entry of 4 new water desalination units in service.