1. Mena Renewables Projects Tap Chinese Funding

    ...tensibly multilateral identity, the Silk Road Fund is intimately linked to President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt & Road Initiative which is intended to promote Chinese investment, and with it influence, across a swathe of the planet, including the Gulf region. Founded in December 2014, Silk Road Fund cash co...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 22 May 2020
  2. Egypt Seeks Funding For Coal Plant, Officially Inaugurates 2GW Of Capacity

    ...d supply system is a politically sensitive topic. On May 19 Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Minister of Electricity Muhammad Shakir inaugurated the 750MW Banha power plant near Cairo. However, two 250MW gas-fired turbines were completed in open-cycle mode in 2014, with the subsequent addition of...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 22 May 2015
  3. Jordan Taps Arab Fund For Power Expansion

    ...ojects. Last year the World Bank lent Jordan $221mn for a 117MW wind farm at Tafila, while the EBRD lent $25mn for a 24MW solar PV project at Ma’an (MEES, 24 October 2014)....

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 22 May 2015
  4. Aramco Targets Energy Efficiency,

    ...gen 0.75 Gas 2014 3 Cogen Plants 0.90 Oil/Gas 2016 Shaybah Upgrade 0.24 Gas 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  5. Sonelgaz $7.6Bn Powergen Outlay By End-2017

    ...ALGERIA   Sonelgaz $7.6Bn Powergen Outlay By End-2017   Algeria’s state electricity and gas utility Sonelgaz estimates the price of required power generation, transmission and distribution capacity additions during 2014-17 at AD1.7 trillion ($21.5bn). To satisfy double-digit de...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  6. Oman Plans For Power Demand Growth

    ...the MIS through 2019 as: completion of the Barka Phase 3, Sohar Phase 2 and Sur plants, to provide a combined 3.49gw capacity in 2014; the addition of 200mw of solar capacity, subject to government approval; the expiration of contracts at existing plants with 1.517gw capacity; and the provision of on...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 24 May 2013