Based on the directives of Major General Commander Aidaroos Qasim Al-Zubaidi, Vice Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, the leadership of the Electricity Corporation addressed this morning the remaining work to start operating the solar energy station with a capacity of 120 megawatts and the ongoing steps and procedures to connect the drainage lines to the PetroMasila station and prepare it with a total capacity of 264 megawatts and the time schedule. To enter into practical service.

This came during a joint meeting of the corporation’s leadership, represented by the Director General of the Public Corporation, Engineer Mujib Al-Shaabi, the Director General of the Aden Electricity Corporation, Mr. Salem Al-Walidi, the representative of the local authority in the capital, Aden, the Director-General of the Office of the Minister of State, Governor of Aden, Mr. Muhammad Al-Junaidi, and Engineer Jalal Nasher, Director of the Fuel Grant Administration. Engineer Ali Al-Sharmani, Director General of Distribution, and engineers Mohsen Saeed and Muhammad Muqbil, and on the other side, engineer Nashwan Al-Saghir, engineer Hussein Al-Saghir, and a number of consultants and technical engineers affiliated with Masdar Energy Company, which is implementing the project.

The meeting discussed the work completed by the solar energy station, where the specialists of the implementing company confirmed the completion of 97% of the solar panel installation work, with a number exceeding 200,000 solar panels, in addition to working in a parallel direction to carry out the supply, construction and installation work for the main and subsidiary conversion stations and energy discharge lines.

The meeting concluded with the formation of a joint coordination team to begin the work of discharging energy in preparation for partially connecting the station with a capacity of 30 megawatts and bringing it into service within a maximum period of 4 to 6 weeks, provided that the team continues its mission in parallel in preparation for connecting the station with a total capacity of 120 megawatts and bringing it into service within a month. April at the latest.

The meeting also discussed the steps and procedures to complete the connection to the PetroMasila station and its readiness to enter with its total capacity of 264 megawatts after the arrival of its keys to the port of Aden during the past two days, as the participants affirmed their commitment to cooperation and keenness to address and resolve any obstacles to the implementation of the connection work according to the agreed upon timetable. Completion of It will be completed by mid-February at the latest.

In addition, the leadership of the Public Corporation stressed the need for the government to fulfill the financial aspects in order not to hinder the progress of the work of preparation, proper and good preparation, and raising and improving energy efficiency during the coming summer, noting that connecting the station will contribute to raising and increasing the generating capacity, alleviating its bottlenecks, and creating great stability in the service. .

This meeting comes within the framework of the Corporation’s leadership’s keenness and awareness of the importance of early preparation for next summer and a translation of the directives of the Presidential Leadership Council, the Presidency of the Government, the Supreme Council of Energy, the Ministry of Electricity, and the local authority in the capital, Aden, unanimously stressing the importance of strengthening generating capacity with clean and renewable energies, and reducing dependence on diesel stations. Which costs the state treasury about $700 million annually.