01 March 2019

Kuwait’s government has announced the launch of Phase One of Shagaya Renewable Energy Park project, a major development which, when completed, would provide 150,000 houses with power round the clock, said a report.

The Shagaya Solar Energy Plant is a joint project developed by Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the Ministry of Electricity and Water.

A major project for the coutry, the Shagaya Park is being designed in four phases, it stated.

Phase One includes a solar energy plant which will help generate a 70 MW capacity – comprising 50 MW solar energy, 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) and 10 MW wind energy. Phase Two is meant to produce 1,500 MW solar PV, while Phase Three aims at generating 1,500 MW of mixed-technology energy and the final phase aims to generate 1,000 MW of electricity.

Once complete, it would help save 12 million barrels of oil per annum for Kuwait and also create 10,000 jobs during execution as well as 1,200 during operation and maintenance, reported Kuna.

The project would also reduce 196,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually in the first phase and five million tons once the final phase is over, it added. The Shagaya project will enable Kuwait to assess the performance of different renewable technologies under its climatic conditions, conduct technical and economic feasibility studies, and determine any deficiencies  

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