Residents of the capital, Aden, only see their homes lit by electricity for only 4 hours a day as a result of the interruption of service to the city for 20 hours every day. This is because there are stations that are out of service due to running out of fuel, whether diesel or diesel, which are:

1 - Al-Haswa thermal electric station, government in Al-Buraiqa District, 35 MW.

2 - Mansoura station, government 10 megabyte.

3 - Shinaz station in Khor Maksar District, government 15 megabytes.

4 - Hajif station in Al-Tawahi District, which is a power leased from 9 Mega Company.

5 - May 22 Stadium station in Sheikh Othman District, which has a capacity leased from the Olayan Company, 5 megabytes.

6 - May 22 Stadium station, government 16 megabytes.

7 - Hajif station in Al-Tawahi Solar District, government 10 megabytes.

8 - May 22 Stadium Solar Station, government 14 megabytes.

9 - Al-Haswa Solar Station, government, 8 megabytes.

10 - Messila Petro Station, governmental, 95 megabytes, fed by seven or eight locomotives per day.

11 - Al-Tawahi Station, government 2 megabytes.

As for the Emirati solar energy station, the two linking circuits for the station’s generation capacity drainage and transmission project, located in Bir Ahmed, produce 70 megawatts, with cables connecting to the conversion station in Al-Haswa, which is the new project, 132 kilovolts.

While the Al-Haswa steam station, which has three chimneys discharging rising steam resulting from the burning of diesel, which overlooks the main street in front of the station, is now out of service, knowing that it is supposed to generate 37 megawatts, but due to the scarcity of fuel, it has been temporarily stopped until it is available. Diesel.

On the other hand, the Petro Masila station, which can generate 264 megawatts, stopped for a month and worked for only two days, after being fed with light crude oil from Ma’rib Governorate, then it went out of service again.

This is a quick tour to know the electrical stations currently operating in the capital, Aden, which are:

1 - The solar energy station and the Mansoura “Wartsila” station, which is operated by diesel with a production of 35 megawatts, noting that Al-Haswa diesel was transferred to Mansoura, and the transferred quantity is estimated at 500 tons and is sufficient for one week only.

2 - 400 tons of diesel were purchased from merchants through credit, meaning that this amount would contribute to the operation of the Al-Ahram station, with a rented capacity of 10 megawatts.

3 - Shinaz, government station in Khor Maksar, 5 megawatts.

4 - Olayan station in May 22 Stadium in Sheikh Othman District, rented capacity of 5 megabytes.

5 - Al-Saada station in Al-Buraiqa District, 5 megabytes.

6 - Bajrish station in Khor Maksar power station, rented capacity of 5 megawatts.

So this is the miserable situation of the power stations in the capital, Aden, and the Petro Masila station located in the Al-Haswah Electrical Complex can operate on gas fuel because this station is hybrid, meaning that it can operate on different types of fuel such as diesel, gas, mazut, or crude oil. The question here is why the government does not provide light, clean and cheap gas fuel for this station to operate instead of stopping it and increasing the severity of the power outages to this extent in order to get out of this ongoing dilemma?

Calls are also directed to the government to replace rented stations that operate on heavy, polluting diesel fuel with diesel fuel that is less polluting, as well as less expensive.

The same applies to the Al-Haswa thermal electric station, which must be converted into gas to ignite the station’s boiler furnaces that convert water into steam.
 Quoted from: Al-Ayyam / Muhammad Raed Muhammad