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Yemen

Official Name:
Republic of Yemen
Region:

National Designated Entity

Type of organisation:
Specialized agency
Name:
Mr. Fahmi Abdulhadi Binshbrak
Position:
Head, Administrative Affairs and Capacity Building
Phone:
+967 777154390

Energy profile

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Energy profile
Energy profile
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The Yemeni population has the lowest access to electricity in the region, with only 54% having access. Of the 72% of the Yemeni population living in rural areas, only 42% have any access to electricity, compared to 92% of the urban population. The country’s main Public Electricity Company (PEC) grid connects mainly urban areas and the cities and until now has entirely excluded the former South Yemen. The remainder is estimated to have some access from other sources, typically a diesel generator, or the use of PEC-managed local mini-grids and of independent neighbourhood mini-grids that supply electricity for a few hours per day.The PEC distributes electricity in the national grid through two 132 kV transmission systems, one serving the northern region of Sanaa-Hodeidah-Aden, the other serving Mukalla and Hadramout.

Renewable energy potential

Solar energyYemen is one of the regions in the world that has high levels of solar radiation, with an average of 6.8-5.2 kW/m2 per day. In his article, “Clearing the Hurdles: Renewable Energy in Yemen,” General Electricity Director Abdulmati Al-Junaid confirmed that Yemen has one of the world’s highest levels of solar radiation. “It is both technically and economically feasible for Yemen to produce 34 gigawatts of electricity”.Wind energyYemen has  a long coastline and high altitudes  with an estimated 4.1 hours of full-load wind per day. According to an assessment of wind potential in Almkhai by Egyptian experts, from this regional alone could produce 1.8 GW of power and the average annual wind speed is 7.4 m/s. In Al-Mokha a wind farm of 60 MW capacity is planned. Total wind power potential is estimated to be 34 GW. The technical potential was estimated at 14,200 MW providing about 42,300 GWh of electricity per year.Geothermal energyA study estimated that 2,900 MW of power might be available from geothermal sources. A preliminary survey in the 1980s identified that there is some geothermal potential to the south of Sanaa; the most promising of which is located at Dhamar. This resource is thought be sufficient to support a 50 MW plant and the ultimate resource could be between 250-500 MW.  A MoU was signed with an Icelandic company to develop a 10 MW plant on the site, but the company went bankrupt during the financial crisis. Exploratory drilling is now being financed by UNEP.Biomass/Biofuels/HydropwerYemeni potential for these technologies has not been examined. The fragmentation of land ownership in the country would prove a barrier to biofuel/biomass power generation uptake.Around 10 MW of electric power could theoretically be produced from the current rate of municipal solid waste MSW production in the main cities of Yemen. If the restriction is imposed to consider only cities that generate more than 100 thousand tons of solid waste per year the figure falls to around 8 MW. Of this 6 MW could be obtained from landfill sites in the four largest cities of Sana’a, Aden, Hodeidah and Taiz and is most likely to be cost-effective.

Energy framework

The aim of government policy on renewable energy is to optimize the use of energy from domestic sources; increase the share of renewable energy in electricity generation to 15–20 per cent by 2025; and promote sustainable development of the electricity sector.To this end, the Yemeni government and private sector investors plan to set up a wind power plant in Yemen at a total cost of $320 million to generate 182 megawatts of electricity. Work on the project is expected to start in 2011, and will take five years to be completed.A nationwide rural electrification programme has been committed through the Power Sector Development Strategy Note of 1997, updated in 2006. Based on preparatory market assessment studies conducted through a GEF-funded Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project (REREDP), the Cabinet approved a Rural Electrification Policy Statement (REPS) in July 2008. The National Rural Electrification Strategy will result in increased access for over 520,000 new rural households that will increase access from the current level of about 20% to about 46% of rural households and benefit more than 3.5 million people.The Rural Energy Access Project is funded by the World Bank from 2006 to 2015 in order to improve electricity access of rural populations in the selected project areas and to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the access to electricity of Rural Households (RHH) in off-grid areas through implementation of Solar Home Systems (SHS).In June 2009, the government approved the National Strategy for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency which targets a 15% increase of energy efficiency in the power sector by 2025. However, the target is yet to be framed with policy measures for efficiency improvements.In March 2009, a new Electricity Law, which sets out to improve the management of the power sector and to facilitate investment by private capital, was issued. One of the stated objectives of the law is to encourage environmentally friendly power production including renewable energy and relying on it as a sustainable source of energy. It tasks the Ministry of Electricity and Energy to encourage and develop the use of renewable energy resources in the generation of electrical power. In addition, the law creates a regulatory office to be known as the electricity Sector Regulatory Board as well as a new authority called the Rural Electrification Authority.ESMAP (Energy Sector Management Assistance Program by the UNDP and the World Bank) conducted a Yemen Renewable Energy Framework in 2011 to assist the government to develop and implement a policy and contractual framework to support the large scale, commercial wind development by both the public and private sectors.Yemen is a founding member of the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RECREEE, www.recreee.org/), a Cairo-based think tank to promote renewable energies and energy efficiency, established in 2008. 

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    Israel
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