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Abu Dhabi Gas Use Drops As Nuclear Meets Record Demand
...nsumed less gas than in any year since 2014 (see chart 3). Gas consumption peaked at 2.35bn cfd in 2017, but has since been steadily falling down to 2.21bn cfd last year. Ewec expects demand to continue rising in the coming years – first to 16.81GW this year, then above 17GW in 2023, before hitting 20...
Volume: 65Issue: 09Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2022 -
MEES Interview With EBRD ‘Semed’ Managing Director Heike Harmgart– Edited Highlights
...arted in 2012 – the number of projects, the value of these investments, and also the addition of new countries into the EBRD family, last year Lebanon, and the West Bank and Gaza before that. We have also seen Egypt investment grow substantially in 2017 and 2018. And there will be more countries coming. We...
Volume: 63Issue: 09Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2020 -
Egypt’s Wind Power Capacity Nears 1.4GW, But Expansion Slow
...r electricity. However Abu Dhabi based renewables agency Irena said the lowest worldwide wind bids for 2017 were around US¢4.50/kWh. EETC subsequently awarded a BOO contract for the 250MW West Bakr Wind project near Ras Gharib to Netherlands-based Lekela Power. Lekela did not reveal its el...
Volume: 63Issue: 09Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2020 -
Masdar: Abu Dhabi’s Flagship Renewables Firm With A Global Footprint
...heduled for start-up in April 2020 (MEES, 24 March 2017). Among Masdar’s international projects are two of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, the UK’s London Array and Dudgeon. In the Hywind wind farm offshore Scotland, Norway’s Equinor and Masdar have installed the world’s first battery storage fa...
Volume: 62Issue: 09Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2019 -
Saudi Pushes On With Nuclear Plans Despite US Concern
...dioactive waste management (MEES, 28 July 2017). With US President Donald Trump wanting to boost the chances of US firms, particularly Westinghouse, securing nuclear contracts in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh’s plan to exploit its own uranium resources could create an entry barrier. While Saudi Arabia has signed th...
Volume: 61Issue: 09Published at Fri, 02 Mar 2018 -
Abu Dhabi Breaks Records With Expanded Sweihan Solar PV Project
...77 Fewa 3 Gas/Diesel 0.70 Planned: Adwea (2017) Al-Mirfa CCGT (Gas) 1....
Volume: 60Issue: 09Published at Fri, 03 Mar 2017 -
MENA Nuclear Program Expanding, But Some Preliminary Schedules Sliding
...at Iran’s nuclear program has a military element. UAE’s ENEC says that Barakah-1 is 61% complete and expected to start generating in 2017 as scheduled. Construction is underway on the second and third reactors, while the site is being prepared for the fourth. Kepco has completed construction of th...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015