– Minister of Electricity and Water Dr. Mishan Al-Otaibi on Sunday affirmed that his ministry has updated the strategic objectives of its plan for digital transformation and renewable energy (2020-2030) in keeping with Kuwait Vision 2035.

“The recently introduced changes cover a great part of the future energy projects in order to ensure the needs of consumers in a sustainable way,” he said at a press conference.

“The digitalization aims to ensure provision of high quality service to consumers, institutional excellence and development of human resources,” he revealed.

On top of the Ministry’s plan for 2030 are the electricity generating projects which envisage securing up to 5,000 megawatts over this period, which constitute an increase by 45 percent, Al-Otaibi pointed out.

The seawater desalination projects aim to increase the production capacity by 350 million imperial gallons per day, the minister added

Source: Kuwait News Agency