Dubai: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) increased its power generation capacity to 6,637 megawatts (MW) this year, compared with 6,206MW in 2011, the authority announced Wednesday.
Talking to Gulf news, Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive of Dewa, attributed the increase in electricity capacity to the 7 per cent rise in the peak load.
He said: “The increase in power production aims to meet the needs of customers and development projects in all economic and social sectors.”
“The number of Dewa’s consumers has substantially increased this year which automatically led to a remarkable rise in water and electricity consumption,” he said.
“People are still moving to Dubai and demand for water and electricity is increasing,” Al Tayer said.
He added that electricity and water consumption in Dubai is expected to grow further.
“The continuing increase in demand for water and electricity is a clear indication that the economic, commercial and construction cycles in Dubai are in a good and prosperous condition,” he said.
“The increasing rates of electricity and water consumption are linked to economic growth, and the rates are expected to rise by the end of 2012.”
Al Tayer added: “The consistent expansion in electricity and water networks, transmission and distribution is a clear sign of the development of Dubai’s industrial growth and urbanisation.”
Dewa currently has 10 power and water desalination plants and around 300 substations of various capacities.
Al Tayer said: “With the ongoing expansion projects and developments, Dewa is working on building more substations of varying power capacities — 400 kV and 132 kV — this year.
