World-class high and extra high voltage solutions, made in the Emirates.

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Ducab HV is the first dedicated high voltage (60-150kV) and extra high voltage (220-500kV) solutions provider in the Middle East. Set up in 2009, as a joint venture between Ducab, Dubai’s Electricity and Water Authority, and the Department of Energy in Abu Dhabi, we operate from an advanced manufacturing and testing facility in Dubai.

With a footprint in 45 countries around the globe, Ducab Group is jointly owned by Investment Corporation of Dubai and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and is a global leader in providing solutions to the world’s energy sector.

Services engineered around you.

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Services engineered around you.

Ducab HV combines decades of cable engineering experience with cutting edge HV and materials test laboratories. We provide our clients with seamless support on all aspects of conventional and renewable high and extra-high voltage cable systems.

Our team has direct experience of MENA, European and Asian power cable design, testing, installation, and operation, from low up to extra high voltage.

Our test laboratories are state-of-the art.

Our HV test laboratory is the largest Faraday cage in the Middle East with a full range of equipment for testing and training. We perform product type approvals, R&D, and quality assurance testing to all major national and international standards. Our engineers can advise the most appropriate test procedures and experimental designs for your products, and we have performed testing witnessed by European and North American accredited inspectors.

We use finite element analysis (FEA) software for cable ampacity, electrical design of products such as joints and terminations and magnetic field analysis. For ampacity we also use CYMCAP® which allows us to validate results from FEA and other calculations. We also have a fully equipped material test laboratory equipped for tensile testing, DSC, TGA, moisture content, high temperature ovens, light microscopy, dimensional analysis and FTIR.

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Discover the power of professional training.

At Ducab HV we don’t just design, manufacture, install and maintain HV systems, we also provide expert training on cable engineering through our highly experienced, dedicated training team.

Our courses can be provided in either English and Arabic at our Dubai offices, or if you prefer at your own location. We offer a complete suite of pre-designed course modules, mostly lasting one or two days, or talk to us about your own organisation’s specific training and development requirements.

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Understanding failure before it happens.

Minimising unplanned maintenance and preventing outages is critical, because failure of components or entire cable systems is expensive and time consuming. Our engineers are experienced in reliability engineering and can advise on measures to reduce or eliminate the risk of failure.

We carry out site inspections or laboratory analysis to determine the condition of cable systems and will advise further monitoring, repair, or replacement. Where outage has occurred and samples can be taken, we perform failure analysis in our own world-class laboratories, to determine the cause together with recommendations for future prevention.

Our Markets

Over 75% of our Ducab products are exported from The Emirates to more than 45 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Installation engineering theory put into practice.

We offer a full package of design, procurement, installation, and commissioning of HV and EHV cable systems and are accredited with the latest QHSE and ISO standards. We are approved as an EPC contractor within the UAE and manage overseas projects with locally qualified partners.

Our installation and site services division has a team of highly experienced engineers with deep industry knowledge who can advise on the ideal routing and methods for installation. This includes calculation of pulling forces, minimum bend radiuses, thermomechanical and short circuit forces, based on specifications and industry recommendations such as Cigre. We also offer maintenance and consultation site services for XLPE and oil-filled cable systems.

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Our site services include

Turnkey project management
Supervision of cable laying work
Installation of HV and EHV cable joints and terminations
Outer sheath DC testing
Cable fault locating and associated civil works
Cable outer sheath repairs
Supply and replacement of problematic joints and terminations
GIS gassing and degassing services
Pre-commissioning tests
Sampling and analysing oil-filled cable systems
Flushing and degasifying oil-filled cable systems

Let’s look at some of our projects

Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park

MBR Solar Park

A shining example of our commitment to sustainability through the reduction of our CO2 footprint, by generating clean and abundant solar energy more efficiently.

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SeaGreen

A project to provide 220 kV cables in an offshore submersible application, located in the the North Sea, perhaps one of the world’s most challenging environments.

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Al Taweelah

Manufacture and supply of our first 400kV cable system, demonstrating our technical capability, expertise, and rapid response to support our customer’s stringent requirements.

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ADNOC

One of our largest 220 kV projects to-date, which demonstrated our capability to go up the value chain to broaden our service and product portfolio to the market.

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