Giant power project to see light

Giant power project to see light SANA'A, Oct. 15 (Saba) - The Ministry of
Electricity and Energy is getting ready for implementing a $ 40 million ESCADA power
monitor project.

Director General of the Control Unit at the ministry Tawfiq Abdu Ali said the
British PB Power Inc. had won a contract to provide consultation services for the
project. Under
the contract, the firm will review the tender documents, prepared by the ministry
which would be announced in the future, and supervise the implementation of the
project.
The project receiving finance from the French Development Agency will consist of a
national control and monitor unit in the Secretariat Capital and five other monitor
centers
in Sana'a, Aden, Taiz, Hodeida and Hadramout. The project will cover power areas
across the republic, Tawfiq said, and the centers will operate in harmony with the
central
unit in the Secretariat Capital with the goal to have secured, economic and
competent operation of the national power network, he said. The project will also
have a vital
role in maintaining the key components of the power system and documenting
statistical data that help better establish forecasts for electrical loads and their
development
as well as enabling the relevant authorities to made effective decisions. It is
noteworthy that the consultation contract won by the British firm was signed for
almost €
4.127 million. FR