Ajman signs multi-billion dollar agreement to set up
power plant.
Ajman - Shaikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, supreme council member and
Ruler of Ajman witnessed here yesterday the signing of agreement between the
Ajman government and MMC of Malaysia to set up in Ajman a 1000-megawatt
power plant at a total cost of $2 billion.
Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman department of
Municipality and Planning, signed for the Ajman government, while Ernest
Nevaratnam, head of investment and projects - MMC Malaysia, also signed the
agreement for his outfit.
In a statement after the signing of the agreement, Shaikh Rashid said the main
aim of establishing the coal-driven power plant is to provide enough electricity to
the new real estate projects that would be executed in the near future in Ajman,
adding that the power plant would be completed within a maximum period of
three and a half years. He hinted that two power plants built by the Federal
Electricity and Water Authority will start operating in the next few months to
provide electricity to the completed building projects until the new power plant
projects is completed by MMC malaysia, which will fund the project on a Build,
Operate and Transfer (bot) basis in 20 years time.
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