Kuwait Plans Solar Plant Tender In '10
KUWAIT TIMES - Kuwait plans to call a tender next year for a solar energy plant, and aims for five percent of total supply from renewable energy by 2020, an official told the state news agency yesterday. "Solar energy in Kuwait is promising and various projects will benefit from it," Kuna quoted the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity and Water, Meshaan Al-Otaibi, as saying. Otaibi did reveal the intended capacity of the plant. "
"The state hopes to provide 5 percent of its energy requirement th
rough such technology by the year 2020," he added.
Kuwait, an OPEC member, has one of the world's highest per capita power consumption rates, and has said it plans to boost power capacity to around 16,000 megawatts from 10,000 MW by 2012. The world's fourth-largest oil exporter is facing rising energy demand and has experienced power cuts, especially during the hot summer months when air conditioning use rises.
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