Periodic preventive maintenance of its power transmission networks has contributed to achieving 100% reliability and availability of the power transmission system in Dubai, according to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).
This has also reduced the average maintenance costs by approximately AED2 million annually and has helped DEWA to be the ‘Best in Class’ among global utilities since 2018, said a DEWA statement.
DEWA continuously conducts preventive maintenance work based on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality, Data Science, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the latest cybersecurity technologies, thermal images and functional tests. Through its Space D-programme, DEWA is developing several specialised uses for the electricity and water networks, enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness, including preventive maintenance of the electricity and water networks and improving resilience and agility in monitoring and controlling the electricity and water networks, it said.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, noted that the authority is the first utility in the region to adopt Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategy. In 2016, it received the ISO 55001: 2014 Certificate for Asset Management. DEWA was the first utility in the world to receive the prestigious award for integrating high quality asset management in operations pertaining to the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and water.