Yemen is to build its first wind power plant soon in Makha city of Taiz province at capacity of 60 MgW.

A meeting was held in Sana'a headed by the Minister of Electricity and Energy Awad al-Socatri and Chairman of Korean Shinhan Company to discuss executive steps to start the works in the plant.

 Al-Socatri affirmed importance of the plant to reduce the power shortage in the country, pointing to the concern of the government to offer all facilities to carry out the project on time.

 The chairman of the Korean company said that the works in the plant would be started in the two coming months, valuing contributions of the Yemeni government to bring the project into success.

 In October 2009, a memo was signed between the ministry and the Korean company to carry out the project.