Yemen to build first wind power station soon

SANA'A, June 13 (Saba)- Yemen is to
build its first wind power plant soon in Makha city of Taiz province at capacity of
60 MgW.
A meeting was held in Sana'a headed by the Minister of Electricity and Energy Awad
al-Socatri and Chairman of Korean Shinhan Company to discuss executive steps to
start
the works in the plant.
Al-Socatri affirmed importance of the plant to reduce the power shortage in the
country, pointing to the concern of the government to offer all facilities to carry
out the
project on time.
The chairman of the Korean company said that the works in the plant would be
started in the two coming months, valuing contributions of the Yemeni government to
bring the
project into success.
In October 2009, a memo was signed between the ministry and the Korean company to
carry out the project.
AH