Enemalta has completed a new 33kV electricity distribution centre and new facilities for its technical support teams, as part of an ongoing commitment to increase the quality of its electricity services.

This new €5 million investment at Mrieħel is increasing the electricity network’s reliability and capacity in the area’s industrial zone and nearby localities, while introducing new resources for more than 70 employees who provide technical assistance to the company’s customers.

On Thursday, executive chairman Fredrick Azzopardi and the company’s management team welcomed Energy Minister Joe Mizzi at Mrieħel during a visit the new facilities and meet the employees using them.

This new distribution centre is the fifth of six new distribution centres developed by Enemalta during the last three years. The sixth one, at Ricasoli is nearing completion and will be energised shortly, taking up the total number of 132 and 33 kV distribution centres in Malta and Gozo to 26.

The Mrieħel Distribution Centre receives electricity at 33kV through underground cables from other nearby distribution centres. It includes a 33 kV switchgear room controlling the incoming high voltage feeder cables, and a 15/22.5 MVA transformer to step down electricity to 11 kV.

An 11 kV switchgear room controls 10 outgoing feeders, which supply electricity to several 11kV substations in the area and in nearby localities, before it is distributed to customers in different residential and commercial properties.

The distribution centre will reinforce the reliability of service to existing residential and commercial customers in the Mrieħel Industrial Zone and nearby areas. At the same time, it is providing the necessary additional capacity to meet the requirements of several large-scale industrial and commercial investments that are being developed nearby.

Next to the distribution centre, Enemalta also built new offices, tool rooms, stores and other facilities for the employees of its Mrieħel Regional Office and the Customer Response Section.