Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 8   

22-Feb-2010

REGIONAL

GCC Electricity Grid Connection On Track, Bahrain’s EWA Says

The UAE is on track to connect to the GCC power grid by early 2011, with Oman to follow, 'Abd al-Majid al-'Awadhi, CEO of Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA), said on 14 February. He added in an interview with Oxford Business Group that the project has not been affected by the global financial crisis. The $1.4bn...