http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemen at conference on MENA electricity in Cairo [The Source: sana'a/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 23/05/2010] Yemen is taking part in the International Conference on Electricity in the Middle East and North Africa, MENA, in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Upon departure for the meeting that lasts five days, Director General of the Public Electrical Corporation Mohammad Abdul Momin Motahar siad the conference will discuss a number of issues related to electricity in the MENA and the possibility of providing logistical and technical assistance to regional states that need to improve the services of electrical power. He also said that Yemen will present a work paper on energy projects and that will focus on trying to get financial, technical and material support to increase its electrical power capacity. The paper will furthermore review the stages of power projects in the country including the one to generate wind energy commenced in Makha.The first phase of the project costs $ 60 million provided by the government, the World Bank and the French Development Agency.