On the occasion of the major power cuts in the occupied territories recently, Yeni Dusen reiterated the issue of the operation of the private power plant of Turkish interests, AKSA, in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Today a power outage in the area of Vokolis - Trikomou, lasting 7 hours, was announced[/B] due to inspection and supervision of the transmission center - transformer in the area. The outage affects both the sewage station and the irrigation water station
The "chairman" of the "electricity authority", Hassan Amjia told Yeni Douzen that the outages will continue until the end of June with less frequency. The newspaper notes that the outages have been going on since March due to a lack of sufficient production, as announced by the "electricity authority" at the time.
Mr. Amjia said that at the central generating station near Kyrenia, there is a fault in a machine that is out of order, while the director of the private AKSA station, Sener Sedourk, also told Yeni Dusen that they are working at 50 per cent of their capacity and therefore the power cuts will continue. Amjia said that AKSA is working on a part-time basis due to difficulties in payment and this issue is being handled by the "prime ministry" with the relevant "ministries".
According to him, there is no longer a problem with fuel and its supply, "the warehouses are full", and the two additional generators will soon arrive from Turkey to the occupied territories, as announced during the recent visit of the tripartite "government" to Ankara.
In the meantime the contract with AKSA will have to be renegotiated by the Ustel "government" in August-September, but - as Yeni Dusen writes - there are indications that it will be renewed. According to Sedurq, there is a contract for annual production of 700 million kilowatts until May 2024, but it will be renegotiated at the end of this summer.
The "finance minister", Sunat Atun said yesterday that the "electricity authority" has debts of TL 2 billion and therefore cannot proceed with the construction of its own second plant. AKSA has been operating in the occupied territories since 2001.
Yusuf Avtzioglu, a former member of the "board of directors" of the "authority", told Yeni Douzen that the 28 million TL 1.5 million is not enough. dollars per year mentioned in the contract as a payment from the electricity to this company is excessive and with this amount the "authority" could buy two generators and operate every year another 3-4 stations like the one in Kyrenia.
Source: KYPE
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