Kahramaa completes key substation for Qatar Rail

Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has announced the completion of the first electricity substation that serves the Qatar Rail Company in Ras Abu Fontas area. The plant will provide Doha Metro project with electricity. Kahramaa, in collaboration with the entire working team and Qatar Rail, achieved operational works of the substation 132/33 KV last week. The project took 16 months to complete, it said. The plant will be supplied power from Al-Thumama Super Station and the generation plant at Ras Abu Fontas.

The substation was designed with two separate systems for operation. The first one is a 132 KV system that will be operated by Kahramaa and the second system of 33 KV will be operated by Q-Rail. Kahramaa plans to construct four more new substations (including one 220/132/33 KV substation) and work is expected to start before the end of December 2017.