Yemen’s first large-scale solar plant is helping to alleviate electricity shortages in the southern port city of Aden, bringing some relief to residents and businesses, which suffer losses particularly when the intense summer heat hits.

Funded by the United Arab Emirates and operational since July 2024, the Aden Solar Power Plant marks a significant shift towards renewable energy in a country the International Energy Agency lists as the Middle East’s least electrified.

Yemen has been grappling with almost 30 years of electricity crisis due to fuel shortages and a war that caused severe damage to the national power infrastructure.

Located north of Aden - the interim seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government - the 120-megawatt plant supplies electricity to between 150,000 and

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