The 54 MW
power plant will supply up to 150,000 customers in Yemen which will benefit more
than half a million people in the province of Aden. Altaaqa Global hired 95% of
the total employees from Yemen and able to deliver the project on time. This is
one of the great success stories of doing synergy between the government, local
community and private company in the power industry.
Aden, Yemen –
Altaaqa Global Cat Rental Power, a leading
global power solutions provider, has successfully installed 54 MW power plant
in the province of Aden, Yemen. The Governor and Public Electricity Corporation
(PEC) officials, together with various government officials and the Executives
of Altaaqa Global inaugurated the power plant that will provide up to 15% of
the province summer electricity demand.
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Governor Wahid
Ali Rashid expressed deep gratitude to the President, His Excellency Abd Rabbuh
Mansur Hadi for the great solution to the demands and needs of the governorate
of Aden, he said “the President of the Republic of Yemen has spent a lot of
time and efforts to make this power plant into reality. The President has personally
been involved in providing the best solutions for electricity crisis and urgently
responded to address the situation of electricity.” The Governor appealed to the
citizens of Aden to use the electricity wisely and be efficient in consuming
energy to ensure a sustainable energy and avoid electric outages.
According to
Engineer Khalil Abdul-Malik, Director General of Public Electricity Corporation
(PEC), “This is the fastest power plant ever built in the history of Yemen. It
only took us 23 days from the day that we have signed the contract until the
day that we have supplied electricity. This is a record breaking power project.
The government, PEC and Altaaqa Global has worked diligently together to deliver
electricity to the province of Aden.” He pointed out that “this power plant
will alleviate the suffering of the citizens due to power outages and reduce the
power deficit.”
“With this
new power plant, 95% of the workforce is local Yemeni engineers and the
remaining 5% are from Altaaqa Global Caterpillar.” According to Steven Meyrick,
Managing Director of Altaaqa Global, “We are committed to helping our immediate
environs through a sustainable business model by creating employment
opportunities in the areas where we operate. By hiring local talents in Yemen,
we are proud to serve the community and contribute to their social lives. We
have also invested a significant amount of resources to train the Yemeni
workforce to ensure that our operation is still on its optimum level. In the
end, we have passed on our technical know-how to the local workforce while
maintaining our operational standards and processes. We will surely replicate
the same process of hiring local people in other countries that we are planning
to pursue in the future.”
“Because of
the successful collaboration between the Altaaqa Global workforce and the local
Yemeni team, the power plants of 11kV and 33kV installation were completed as
per schedule.” According to Peter den Boogert, GM of Business Development of
Altaaqa Global, “Even during summer when it can reach up to 38 degrees Celsius,
and during Ramadan when we are only able to work for a short period of time, we
were able to complete the power project due to our strong operational and
streamlined business process.”
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About
Altaaqa Global
Altaaqa
Global, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group, has been selected by
Caterpillar Inc. to deliver multi-megawatt turnkey temporary power solutions
worldwide. The company owns, mobilizes, installs, and operates efficient
temporary independent power plants (IPP’s) at customer sites, focusing on the
emerging markets of Sub-Sahara Africa, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent,
Latin America, South East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Offering
power rental equipment that will operate with different types of fuel such as
diesel, natural gas, or dual-fuel, Altaaqa Global is positioned to rapidly
deploy and provide temporary power plant solutions, delivering electricity
whenever and wherever it may be needed.
About Zahid
Group
Zahid Group
represents a diverse range of companies, offering comprehensive,
customer-centric solutions in a number of thriving industries. Some of those
include construction; mining; oil & gas; agriculture; power, electricity
& water generation; material handling; building materials; transportation
& logistics; real estate development; travel & tourism; waste
management & recycling; and hospitality.
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