ABB delivers substation to enable power flow from solar park in Dubai
Zurich, Switzerland, February 14, 2017 – ABB collaborates with DEWA to integrate solar energy and support UAE’s clean energy ambitionABB has successfully energized a major substation that will help evacuate power from the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park, a key element of the vision to generate 7 percent of Dubai’s power from clean energy sources by 2020; 25 percent by 2030, and 75 percent by 2050. The 400/132 kilovolt (kV) gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation has been built for Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), the UAE’s leading power utility, to connect the