Altaaqa
Global strives to meet the electricity needs of every Yemeni citizen as
envisioned by The President, His Excellency Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. The 54 MW
temporary power plant can supply up to 150,000 homes with electricity,
benefiting more than half people in the city of Aden. Also present at the
inauguration were various officials from Public Electricity Corporation (PEC) and
other government and non-governmental officials.
Aden, Yemen
– Altaaqa Global, a leading global power
solutions provider, has successfully installed a 54 MW temporary power plant in
Aden, Yemen. His Excellency Wahid Ali Rashid, Governor of Aden and Engineer Khalil
Abdul-Malik, Director General of Public Electricity Corporation (PEC) together
with the Executives of Altaaqa Global inaugurated the temporary power plant that
can provide electricity to 150,000 customers in Yemen.
“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 plant installation was 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 can only work for a short period of time, we were able to
complete the power project on schedule due to our strong operational and
streamlined business processes.”
On top of the
swift installation and commissioning, Billy Wharton, Director of Operations of
Altaaqa Global, mentioned, “Our project in Aden is the most advanced in the
power industry. We are the only company in the Middle East who utilized an
integrated control protection system that can switch from grid to island to
grid in just minutes. This is also the most advanced Caterpillar electric power
protection system in the world. Our control system provided the most flexible
power solution to support base load, intermediate, peaking or standby power
generation. Whether it’s an island mode/stand alone or grid, or a combination
of all operational modes, we can exactly meet the mode requirements at a push
of a button.”
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About
Altaaqa Global
Altaaqa
Global, a subsidiary of 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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