Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza, accompanied by Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Nawaf bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa and officials of the Sustainable Energy Unit, visited the renewable energy pilot project being set up in Southern Bahrain.
The plant will produce three megawatts of solar energy and two megawatts of wind energy. The project comes in line with the National Plan for Renewable Energy approved by the government. This looks at five per cent of the total energy consumption in Bahrain being renewable by 2025.
The minister said this would be the first time wind energy is used in this way in Bahrain. He said that the interest in renewable energy comes from the desire of the wise leadership to encourage the use of clean energy to achieve sustainable development. He said efforts by the EWA are an important step towards achieving the national goals.