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Dubai’s Coal U-Turn Simplifies UAE Energy Messaging
...pacity to handle domestic demand without Hassyan. Capacity (including the first 600MW at Hassyan) exited 2021 at 13.2GW, and rose to 13.4GW last month, while MEES estimates that peak load was around 10GW (see chart 1). REVISING 2050 TARGETS When the UAE in 2017 set out its National En...
Volume: 65Issue: 06Published at Fri, 11 Feb 2022 -
Iraq Mulls Power Sell-Offs Amid Cash Crunch, Pre-Election Rivalry
...rliamentary elections planned in October. Kar’s most prominent role is as operator of the 160,000 b/d Khurmala Dome of the Kirkuk field in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. It also contentiously operated Kirkuk’s Avana Dome and the nearby Bai Hassan field between 2014 and 2017 until federal forces re...
Volume: 64Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2021 -
Abu Dhabi Moves To Consolidate State Utilities
...also streamlining other areas of its energy sector, having implemented a considerable shakeup in recent years. State energy investor IPIC was folded into Mubadala in 2017, while Adnoc has been undergoing a major organizational transformation under CEO Sultan al-Jaber. SHAREHOLDERS’ IN...
Volume: 63Issue: 06Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2020 -
UAE Power Strategy Sees Abu Dhabi, Northern Emirates Join Forces
...pporting role has seen its ‘exports’ of electricity (ie transfers outside Abu Dhabi) rise more than threefold over 10 years, from a total of over 6TWh in 2008, 15% of power generated, to 21TWh (25%) in 2017 (see chart). Abu Dhabi’s rise to UAE power domination was due to its holding most of the UAE’s ga...
Volume: 62Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2019 -
Iraq: Gas Output Up As Crude Burn Falls To New Lows
...18). Iraq’s crude burn peaked in 2015-2016 when it averaged 170,000 b/d (see chart 2), falling to a still sizeable 119,000 b/d in in 2017 as volumes were progressively dialed back. But in 2018, Iraq brought the figure under 40,000 b/d, including two months where no crude was burned in powerplants (see ch...
Volume: 62Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2019 -
Saudi Arabia Awards 300MW Sakaka PV, At Record Low Pricing
...dders range from the Masdar/EDF low to US¢3.27/kWh (MEES, 6 October 2017). PRICING CONCERNS That Repdo shortlisted second lowest bidder Acwa and third lowest bidder Japan’s Marubeni with Saudi firm Khaled Juffali for the Sakaka project suggests the agency feels that solar PV pricing has re...
Volume: 61Issue: 06Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2018 -
Falih Takes Charge Of Saudi Renewables, Sets Schedule For Solar & Wind Tender
...P) Dhuba-1 (605MW) ISCC 50 2017 SEC Waad Al-Shamal (1.39GW) IS...
Volume: 60Issue: 06Published at Fri, 10 Feb 2017 -
Iran Starts Work On Qeshm Power/Desal Plant
...ectricity and desalinate 100,000 cmd of water. Start-up is scheduled for early 2017. The power plant will incorporate two gas turbines and a heat recovery steam generator, all manufactured by Mapna’s TUGA subsidiary. TUGA acquired gas and steam turbine technology from European manufacturers during 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Oman Shake-Up Eyes Spot Generator Market By 2017
...OMAN Oman Shake-Up Eyes Spot Generator Market By 2017 Oman plans to introduce competition among generators by introducing the Middle East’s first spot market for electricity from independent power producers (IPPs) by 2017. State utility Oman Power and Water Procurement Co...
Volume: 57Issue: 06Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2014 -
SEC Revises IPP Program To Add Second Dhuba Plant, Adjust Timings
...r a 1.81gw plant with a completion schedule of 2017, rather than 2016 as shown in the revised program. SEC said at the time that it would begin negotiations with the ACWA led group for a build-own-operate (BOO) development with a view to reaching financial close by the end of March 2013. IP...
Volume: 56Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013