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Saudi Nuclear Plan: Slow Progress, But Expanded Scope Eyed
...tential increase in scope is envisaged. The energy ministry’s original announcement of the two-reactor plant said capacity would be 2.8GW (MEES, 28 July 2017). The two-reactor plant is expected to be built at one of two Gulf coast sites either side of the Qatar peninsula: Umm Huwayd to the northwest an...
Volume: 63Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2020 -
Morocco Grows Renewables, But Grows Coal More
...reement. ONEE’s overall installed capacity data, particularly the surge in the overall figure to 10.9GW, needs to be treated with caution, however: aging, often mothballed, plants are included. The fact that imports were still needed to meet Morocco’s 2018 peak load of 6.31GW (up 2% on 2017) is suggestive of...
Volume: 62Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2019 -
Algeria Eyes Solar To Power Oil Operations, But ‘It’s A Long-Term Job’
...om renewables. These will be small projects whose capacity is around 100MW.” Algeria’s solar capacity has risen quickly of late, although from a low level, to 425MW at the end of 2017, while wind capacity has languished at 10MW since 2014 (see chart). The solar increase is attributable to small-sc...
Volume: 61Issue: 20Published at Fri, 18 May 2018 -
Saudi Electricity: Debt Write-Off Clears Way For Break-Up
...rst quarter of 2017, a quarter in which it typically makes a loss. However, the income boost appears to be the result of a reclassification of debt, with an accompanying adjustment to the credit balance. In its Q1 financial results report posted on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), SEC says the qu...
Volume: 60Issue: 20Published at Fri, 19 May 2017 -
Saudi Edges Up Capacity, Looks To IPPs For Boost
...arted up in third quarter 2014 is expected to reach full commercial operation this year, the 2.10GW Rabigh-2 CCGT plant is expected to start commercial operation in June 2017, and the 1.5GW Fadhili cogen JV between SEC and Aramco is “currently at the proposal phase.” SEC expects the signing of a co...
Volume: 59Issue: 20Published at Fri, 20 May 2016 -
Saudi Power Expansions: Not Only More Capacity, But More Efficient
...,700 b/d of Arabian Light crude oil. The upgrade involves the addition of four HRSGs and one steam turbine and is due for completion in early 2017. Amec Foster Wheeler says the upgrade will add 147MW of capacity “without increasing the fuel consumption.” Amec Foster Wheeler is also supplying six HRSGs fo...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
UAE Considers Long-Term Power Strategy
...lar plant in its solar park 50km south of Dubai city, due online in 2017. Small renewables units are ideal for single-site projects: Dubai’s International Humanitarian City complex is installing 5.6MW of rooftop solar capacity. Conventional projects are also planned. Abu Dhabi’s TAQA and the Fe...
Volume: 57Issue: 20Published at Fri, 16 May 2014 -
Jordan Testing Interest In Waste-To-Energy Projects
...ES, 11 January). Six companies have recently submitted bids to build a 500mw oil shale power plant, with construction to begin in 2014 for start-up by 2017. The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) is providing $150mn funding for a 65mw wind farm in Ma’an governorate (MEES, 10 May), wh...
Volume: 56Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2013