Transitional Council Officials inspect work progress at Al-Hiswa Electro-Thermal Power Plant

The member of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, Head of the local leadership of the Transitional Council in Aden the capital, Dr. Abdul-Nasser Al-Wali, and Dr. Abdulsalam Humaid, Member of the National Assembly of the Transitional Council, Advisor to the President of the Transitional Council for Economic Affairs, and accompanied by Eng. Mujib Al-Shaabi, Director General of the Electricity Corporation in Aden, paid an inspection visit on Thursday, to the electro-thermal power station of Al-Hiswa.

In their visit, they checked on the status in this critical services facility and the work progress there. Al-Wali and Humaid met the Director General of the station, Eng. Jamal Bin Shujaa, who briefed them on the readiness of the plant and the obstacles facing the implementation of some tasks, pointing out that one of the reasons for the lack of power generating capacity is due to lack of fuel.

He pointed out that the capacity of the plant in the production of energy is currently estimated at only 50 megawatts, which is much less than the maximum capacity of the plant, pointing out that one of the reasons for the lack of generating capacity is due to lack of fuel.

The Transitional Council officials also met the representative of the Ukrainian company that is specialized in the maintenance and rehabilitation of electro-thermal stations, who briefed them on the obstacles that hinder the implementation of the project, and the proposals to be discussed to facilitate the implementation of the project.

For his part, Dr. Abdul-Nasser Al-Wali, thanked all employees in the services sector, especially electricity and water in Aden the capital for their possible excreted efforts to keep the services running.

In the context of the visit to Al-Hiswa station, Dr. Abdul-Nasser Al-Wali inspected the construction works of the power project implemented by Petro Messila with a capacity of 260 MW as well as the plant donated from the UAE, estimated at 100 MW.