MAREB GAS POWER PLANT ON 'EXPERIMENTAL OPERATION'

SANA'A, Sep. 09 (Saba) - The government is working on finding
solutions to electricity problems, topped by persistent cut offs,
Minister of Energy and Electricity Awadh Al-Socotri has said,
pointing to the experimental operation of the Mareb Gas Power Plant.

The Siemens Company, implementing the project, is currently
operating the project, with the ministry contacting the company to
extend the operation, Al-Socotri said.

During the experimental operation, the first generator produces gas
power over 14 days, and after the period the generator will produce
114 megawatts for two weeks. Then the second generator will operate,
with power produced bythe plant reaching 341 megawatts, he said.

114 megawatts could solve 50 percent of problems related to
electricity cut off.

With a third generator operated in the winter electricity cut off
will disappear, the minister concluded.

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