Kuwait’s electricity ministry has signed a technical framework agreement with China’s National Energy Administration as it seeks Chinese expertise and investment in adding renewable energy capacity to the country’s power system. The 17 March government-to-government agreement was signed by ministry undersecretary Adel al-Zamel and Ren Jingdong, the administration’s deputy director.
Mr Zamel says the agreement followed six months of negotiations covering two projects: “phase 3 and 4 expansions” of the country’s only current renewables park at Shagaya and the long-stalled Abdaliya plant. Combined these two projects will add 3.5GW of capacity, “expandable to 5GW” Mr Zamel adds in comments carried by state agency Kuna. (CONTINUED - 1015 WORDS)
