Masdar has signed a joint cooperation agreement with Yemen’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy to build a 120 MW solar plant in Aden. It will be the country's first large-scale renewable energy project.
How Yemen s solar power revolution could drain the whole country of water
During the war, Yemenis have turned to solar power for homes and hospitals as well as water pumps. But new research says that too much water is being pumped and the whole country is at risk.
Yemen is already one of the most water-poor countries in the world
Not much good news has come out of Yemen since the country s civil war began in late 2014. But one thing generally seen as positive has been the country s overwhelming adoption of solar power.
A paper by the Berlin-based Energy Access and Development Program (EADP) describes Yemen s move to solar power as a revolution.