Linking power grid to Hawar

It will take almost two years to implement the plan of using submarine power cables to connect the Hawar Islands to mainland Bahrain, it is learned. The project, funded by the Saudi Fund for Development, is scheduled to be completed by November 2020, according to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

The office of the Deputy Premier said two of the main islands of the archipelago will be linked by one 25-km long cable that will run through the seabed. “The move comes as part of creating a permanent power network to boost future developmental projects in the island,” a statement said. Southern Governor Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa had recently announced that a number of developmental projects will be implemented on Hawar Islands in the near future. This came as the governor visited the island to review the potentials for developmental projects.

The latest official statistics released by the Southern Tourism Company showed that the number of guests at the islands’ hotel and the resort had increased by 108 percent in the first eight months of this year. Southern Tourism Company operates under the umbrella of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom and is in charge of marine transportation to and from Hawar Islands, in addition to operating the hotel and resort.