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Overseas Reports【Current Activities of a Former Participant】

Hasan-san reported his current activities in Yemen

1) Course Leader:

Mr. Taisuke FUJII2) Former Participant:

Mr. HASAN Ahmed Salem Abdullah

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January 10th, 2018
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We introduce current activities of former participants playing on active roleafter completing their JICA/KITA training course
This issue of Overseas Reports covers activities being run in their homeland by participants who attended
the training course, “Renewable Energy in Grid -Mainly on Photovoltaic-(A)”. Mr. Taisuke FUJII, thecourse leader, introduced us his activity situation.

1. Introduction of the participant, who has given the report
Nickname

Hasan-sanName

Country

Period of JICA
Training Course

Mr. HASAN Ahmed Salem
AbdullahYemen

July. 02, 2017 toAug. 11, 2017

PhotoFamous sights of Yemen
Letter from Hasan-sanSocotra Islands

Course leader
Mr. T. Fujii

Hasan-san2The memorial photo of participants with course leader Mr. T. FUJII.

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Hasan-san who is presenting the Job Report

Trainees studying about the solar system

2. Message from Mr. T. Fujii, Course Leader

Nine various participants from nine countries have joined in the training
course “Renewable Energy in Grid -Mainly on Photovoltaic-(B)” in 2017.
I was very impressed that each of them including Mr. Hasan worked onlectures, site visits and practices diligently in order to tackle with theirissues.
While we had a tight training schedule, from Kitakyushu to Tokyo and Kitakyushu
again, everyone exchanged information with each other in a good team work andundertook the training actively with asking many questions to lecturers.
Though Yemen, Mr. Hasan`s homeland, is rarely reported in Japan, it is faced with asevere situation due to political instability after the civil war since 2015. Currently
electricity mostly depends on oil and gas and people are suffered from short supply.
Although Yemen has difficulty in developing power infrastructure which is the basic fordaily life, he is promoting solar power generation project both at Socotra Island, the mostpopular tourist spot of Yemen, and at Aden University in order to disseminate solar power
generation with an eye towards the future.
Yemen is located in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and this region issuitable for solar power generation.
I look forward to sooner realization of Mr. Hasan`s project, with regaining politicalstability by the prompt end of the civil war.
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3. Letter from Hasan - sanLatest Activities① Participant:

Mr. HASAN Ahmed Salem Abdullah② Country:

Yemen③ Title of Report： COME OVER THE OBESTCALES BY IMPLEMENTANG
MICRO GRID SOLAR PILOT PROJECTS.
(1MW Socotra Island &500KW Aden City)

Yemen Renewable Energies Obstacles (source:Arab Future Energy Index (AFEX))

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1) Finance and Investment
・No RE fund is established for financing RE projects yet. Currently, a draft resolution on RE
fund prepared by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy is under consideration by the cabinet
for the final approval.
・No policy of providing financial guarantee to private investors to ensure payment underpower purchase agreement.
・Generally, RE projects do not enjoy customs duty exemptions or internal tax privileges;
however in some cases the government of Yemen provides customs duty exemption to RE
projects.

2) Independent Power Producers (IPP)・Private power generation was authorized in Yemen in 2009 with the adoption of electricity
law No 1. Today, total generation capacity of conventional electricity by IPPs constitutes
450MW.
・No IPPs producing RE exist.
・Currently, Yemen’s legal framework does not allow private self-generation of RE (autoproducers) with the possibility of feeding surplus electricity to the grid.
・No RE auto-producers in practice.

3) Institutional Support・In 2002, the Renewable Energy Department under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy(MEE) was established with the goal of promoting and supporting RE projects in Yemen. In2009, the department was extended and reorganized into two departments: Solar Energy, andWind Energy.
・Yemen has published a wind map based on satellite data, but no detailed wind atlas isdeveloped yet.
・For public and private wind projects, land has been identified only in Al-Moccha project. For
other private projects, land has not been identified or allocated yet.
・No detailed solar atlas published exists.
・Land for large-scale solar projects is not allocated for private development.

4) Grid Access
・No priority access to RE is granted by law.
・No grid code for RE is developed.
・No detailed grid map for designated renewable energy sites.
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5) Supporting Policies
・Public competitive bidding process for private development of large-scale RE・projects exists.
・No obligation to conclude long-term power purchase agreements with RE producers.
・No Feed-in Tariffs.
・No net-metering policy for small-scale RE projects.

6) The aims of this activity are below
・Layout and activation of RESAP for grid connection.
・Development of Policy Framework , objectives and targets
・Raising awareness , development research and training.
・Facilitate international cooperation and assistance.
・Prepare the proper technical standards.
・Provide financial support and microfinance for these activities

7) Why Socotra :・The island has been declared an environmentally protected.
・It’s the biggest island in the Arab world and one of the biggest the western Indian Ocean.
・70% of Tourist of Yemen usually visit it.
・it's considered as home of the largest home of plant diversity in the world.
・Its responsibility of Yemen and internationally to protect the environment of the virgin islands
from pollution by introducing the RE for producing electricity.

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