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Mena Nuclear Programs Advance Slowly In Shadow Of Geopolitics
...d US firm Westinghouse. Kacare has said it is seeking a “standard plant design” ahead of preliminary engineering (MEES, 1 December 2017). Riyadh’s two-reactor plan is a massive reduction of Kacare’s original 2013 vision of 16 nuclear plants with combined capacity of 18GW by 2032. Kacare now also pl...
Volume: 63Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2020 -
GCC Small-Scale Solar Programs Inch Forward
...dermine the economics of solar. But recent sharp falls in the cost of solar panels have boosted not only large solar projects. They also make small-scale plants increasingly viable. International Energy Agency (IEA) data show GCC solar PV capacity only taking off in 2017, when an annual tripling of ca...
Volume: 62Issue: 07Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2019 -
UAE Nuclear Plans: More Delays Likely
...schedule. A Kepco executive said at the time that “it’s very difficult for us to predict the possible compensation that may be involved and our future plans for our manpower dispatched to the project” (MEES, 12 May 2017). Kepco has not issued an update on the situation since. FANR’s op...
Volume: 61Issue: 07Published at Fri, 16 Feb 2018 -
Dewa Awards Gas-Fired Power Project
...tensive LNG export commitments – around 90% goes to Japan, which took 4.68mn tons in 2017 down from 4.99mn t in 2016 and a record 5.70mn t in 2014 (see chart, MEES, 16 February). This means that the UAE only achieves gas balance by importing 1.7bn cfd via the Dolphin pipeline from Qatar to Abu Dhabi as...
Volume: 61Issue: 07Published at Fri, 16 Feb 2018 -
Egypt Power Ministry Seeks More Funding As First Megaproject Linked To Grid
...l Ayun Musa (Al-Nowais) 2.64 Coal El-Shabab* (Techint, 2017) 0.50 Gas Dairut (Ac...
Volume: 60Issue: 07Published at Fri, 17 Feb 2017 -
Hyundai Awards Subcontracts For Abu Dhabi’s Mirfa
...d extend motor life. Mirfa will have a capacity of 1.6GW and 240,000 cmd. It is scheduled to be brought online in phases during 2016 and 2017. The power and desalination units will respectively incorporate CCGT and reverse osmosis technology. The plant will require a supply of 230mn cfd of ga...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Algerian Electricity: Ambitious Plans Vs Tricky Reality
...ALGERIA Algerian Electricity: Ambitious Plans Vs Tricky Reality Noureddine Boutarfa, CEO of Algerian state utility Sonelgaz says it will bring 18GW of generating capacity online by 2017. Yet, speaking on state radio this week, he also said increased electricity and gas pr...
Volume: 57Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014