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Capacity of 30 MW and cost of 21

million dirhams Commissioning

of new power station at Sieh

Allahma in Al Ain

Project targets Faults expectations and raising

efficiency of control and protection systems

is launched to develop «Earthing» system

to provide protection for Al Ain electricity

networks.

Al Ain Distribution Company

has recently commissioned a

new power station at the area

of Sieh Allahma consisting two

transformers with a total capacity

of 30 MW at a cost of 21 millions,

and 290 thousands dirhams.

Al Ain Distribution Company

Launched a project for developing

the system of “Earthing” to

provide all the safeguards

required to protect the plants

and distribution networks and

to achieve the public safety. The

project is based on performing

tests on electricity network

and related loads without

disconnecting the power to

simulate faults that may occur to

overhead lines

H.E. Mohammed Salem bin Omair Al

Shamsi, Managing Director of Al Ain

Distribution Company, said that the

new station underwent a period of

Experimental operation and proven a high

operational efficiency, and their security

and safety systems have been tested

to ensure their effectiveness and that

they meet the requirements and all the

required standards.

The Company Managing Director added

that the project aims to provide electric

power necessary to meet the needs of

modern industrial facilities in the region,

the expansions that have taken place and

the new sewerage plants and to contribute

to the consolidation of infrastructure

elements in the region to provide

new additional sources of Energy to

accommodate the expected large increase

in electrical loads.

The station is located at a land mark

position along the new trucks road near to

the new industrial zone located in the west

of Al Ain city.When selecting the position,

it has been taken into account that the

station space shall be located within the

geographical area of the new industrial

zone which is expected to witness a great

extension in the coming years.

The Managing Director of Al Ain

Distribution Company said that the

company is keen on providing the

latest requirements , standards and

measurements required in all new energy

projects in the city and its regions, where

the designing of all stations and networks

His Excellency Mohammed Bin Omair

Al Shamsi, Managing Director of the

company, said that the project is the first

of its kind in the region and will enable

engineers and technicians involved in the

prediction of faults that may occur to the

electricity network and the implications

of this and contribute significantly to

improving the performance of prevention

and control systems in the event of real

faults in distribution network .

Mohammed Bin Omair Al Shamsi,

Managing Director of the company added

that the project combines the consultancy

study and tests on the live electricity

power network which helps improve

performance and provides the necessary

protection to avoid exposure to faults.

that the project of“Earthing”which is being

implemented according to the highest and

international standards aims at developing

a clear methodology for the process of

“Earthing” to include all levels of electricity

voltage from low voltage (415 volts) and

up to the high voltage of (33 kv) at various

stations of transferring and distribution

of electricity including common transfer

stations between the two companies ; Al Al

projects are being carried in accordance

with long-range plans in the light of

careful studies of future needs of electric

power.

Bin Omair pointed out that «Al Ain

Distribution» is always seeking in

coordination and in cooperation with the

concerned authorities to develop accurate

perceptions of the future needs of energy

to cope with successive increases in the

volume of demand to keep in line with

the urban extension rates and the steady

increase in population density in the city.

Al Shamsi confirmed that all the new

projects are being carried out according

to the world standards and specifications

issued and approved by the Abu Dhabi

Water and Electricity Authority regarding

the projects of stations and water and

electricity distribution networks, taking

into account all systems and requirements

concerning the conservation actions

regarding the environment and health,

safety and security procedures in the

Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

From his part, Eng. Ahmed Masood Al

Alawy, acting projects performance

Manager at Al Ain Distribution Company,

said that the company is keen on applying

the security , safety and environment

requirements in all the affiliated stations,

where the projects international standards

of security and safety, whether projects

implemented by the company based on

its potentials or those that are awarded to

contractorswho are obliged to complywith

the due environmental and occupational

safety terms are being applied.

Al Alawy discussed the new energy

power plant project in the area of Sieh

Allahma, pointing out that the project

also takes into account the application of

all the required safety standards through

providing safeguards to remotely control

and monitor the station to help detecting

the faults when they occur. This is with

aim to deal with them as soon as possible,

which in turn contributes to maintaining

the equipment, increase the shelf life

of the plant and reduce the cost of the

annual maintenance.

Itshouldbenotedthat«AlAinDistribution»

has recently completed a new package of

projects, within the framework of plans

and programs of the company to raise the

efficiency of the electricity network and

develop it along with renovating advanced

technology systems to reduce the rates of

faults, control them and reconnection of

the power current within a record time.

The company sets a mbitious plans and

programs to modernize and develop water,

electric facilities, to ensure the provision

of the needs of the participants and

raise the level of services provided by the

company in line with the strategic plan of

the government of Abu Dhabi 2030.

The plans of developing projects of the

electricity network in Al Ain are divided

into short, medium and long term plans.

The projects of protecting the network

through calibrating and setting the

network and replacing the protection

systems with another more sophisticated

systems linked to the system of managing

network distribution systems network,

which is run electronically, are of the

most prominent projects executed by the

company in recent times.

Ain Distribution Company, and “Transco”

Company and distribution stations of

Al Ain Distribution Company serving the

public of participants.

Alzahli added that the project which

will contribute greatly to raising the

performance level of the electricity

distribution network in Al Ain by

anticipating and identifying faults

that may occur in it and develop

mechanisms to avoid them, is currently

being implemented in 5 different

locations the selection of which was

made to reflect the diversity and

contrast existed between these areas in

terms of the nature of the land and soil

of its sandy, mountainous, muddy and

other kinds.

The project of developing the system

includes the use of 11 developed

patterns of the networks of “Earthing”

used in the world now along with the

measurement of the resistance to

ground voltage and the resistance to

earthing as well as monitoring changes

in these two resistances over 18

months that can be extended according

to the technical reasons which may

be imposed by the measurement,

comparisons in an attempt to reach the

best possible results.

The Engineer / Amr Mounir Dahab Chief

of Devices Division atAlAin Distribution

Company said that the system of

“Earthing” includes setting iron bars in a

certain technical way under the ground

at the area surrounding the distribution

networks to protect the network and

keep the safety of the public.

Mounir explained that the tests being

conducted on the network without

disconnecting thepower lasts for15days

by more than 40 simulation processes

of outages of the electricity network by

using 5 of the latest protection devices

produced by international companies

for this purpose, in addition to other

devices already existing in station.

The works of the project included

developing the system of earthing in

its first stage, in addition to the areas

of Umm Ghafah, Hayer , Al Wagan,

Mazyad, andAl zalah, in order to achieve

the goals of the system development

project which are primarily based on

improving the technical specifications

of the system of earthing in the light of

the consequences of the project to save

and to ensure the required protection

and safety standards .

Package of projects to develop the power

network of Al Ain

Mohammed Bin Omair Al Shamsi,

Managing Director of Al Ain Distribution

Company pointed that the company

is now working on implementing a

package of new projects to expand

and develop the electricity distribution

network in various regions of Al Ain,

as well as conducting some studies

and practical experiences to activate

the efforts and means aimed to detect

faults, reduce and mitigate the effects

that they produce.

The Managing Director of Al Ain

Distribution Company added that the

project comes in line with the five-

year strategy of Abu Dhabi Water and

Electricity Authority which in turn

comes within the framework of in Abu

Dhabi Vision 2030.

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