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Kuwait petroleum Corporation launched a solar power
Solar plant designed to reduce emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere and save thousands of barrels of oil, running in Kuwait, said the Executive Director of Kuwait petroleum Corporation Jamal Jaafar.
According to him, the project, called "Sadr 500" (Arabic Lotus), implemented in cooperation with partners from Spain. The construction of the complex took 30 million Kuwaiti dinars (about us $90 million). The stated capacity of 10 MW, half of the energy produced will go to meet the needs of the oil field "Umm al-Qadir", another 5 MW will be at the disposal of the Ministry of electricity and water of Kuwait. As Jaafar said, "the launch of the station will allow to save up to 500 thousand barrels of oil per year over the next 20 years." "In addition, significantly reduced the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere", — he said.
"I hope that by 2020 we will be able to provide up to 20% of its electricity from renewable energy sources," said Jaafar. According to the newspaper "al-Watan", in most of the government institutions of the Emirate have already installed solar panels. At the beginning of the year, the government of Kuwait launched a pilot project on partial transfer of residential buildings to solar energy. published
Source: www.energy-fresh.ru/news/?id=13826
According to him, the project, called "Sadr 500" (Arabic Lotus), implemented in cooperation with partners from Spain. The construction of the complex took 30 million Kuwaiti dinars (about us $90 million). The stated capacity of 10 MW, half of the energy produced will go to meet the needs of the oil field "Umm al-Qadir", another 5 MW will be at the disposal of the Ministry of electricity and water of Kuwait. As Jaafar said, "the launch of the station will allow to save up to 500 thousand barrels of oil per year over the next 20 years." "In addition, significantly reduced the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere", — he said.
"I hope that by 2020 we will be able to provide up to 20% of its electricity from renewable energy sources," said Jaafar. According to the newspaper "al-Watan", in most of the government institutions of the Emirate have already installed solar panels. At the beginning of the year, the government of Kuwait launched a pilot project on partial transfer of residential buildings to solar energy. published
Source: www.energy-fresh.ru/news/?id=13826