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Egypt Renewables Plans Pick Up Pace
...lar park in southern Egypt in 2017 (MEES, 1 November 2019). And wind capacity is set to surge ahead of solar in the coming years with 2.1GW of planned capacity at various stages of development, with just 700MW of solar planned. SHIFTING FOCUS Cairo has shifted from prioritizing co...
Volume: 65Issue: 21Published at Fri, 27 May 2022 -
Libya Advances Power Projects
...ectric of the first unit for its 650MW Tobruk gas turbine plant. Such developments are the result of a brightening political and security outlook after years of division and war (MEES, 12 February). Contracts for both plants were initially signed in 2017 but construction was put on hold due to fi...
Volume: 64Issue: 21Published at Fri, 28 May 2021 -
Mena Renewables Projects Tap Chinese Funding
...the Gulf power sector. But Silk Road is not the only China-based investor (see table 2). In 2017 a consortium of Chinese state banks led by state credit guarantee agency Sinosure fronted $1.6bn of the $2.1bn cost of Jordan’s 554MW Attarat oil-shale-fired power development (MEES, 28 April 2017...
Volume: 62Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2020 -
Sharjah Pushes Gas Power Despite UAE Backing Alternatives
...pacity of 1.39GW, and is likely planned to replace the more inefficient existing plants while reducing (if not eliminating) imports from Abu Dhabi which hit a record 1.3GW peak delivery in 2017. The snag is that Sharjah’s gas production is negligible and the emirate is dependent on importing Qatari ga...
Volume: 62Issue: 21Published at Fri, 24 May 2019 -
Iraq Gas Consumption Soars To Record Heights
...Iraqi crude burn volumes fell to a 10-year low of 43,000 b/d as in 1Q 2018 it stepped up fuel oil and gas consumption in power plants. Q1 crude burn volumes were down from 71,000 b/d in 4Q 2017, which was itself one of the lowest figures in recent years. March’s 28,000 b/d was down more th...
Volume: 61Issue: 21Published at Fri, 25 May 2018 -
GCC Grid Increasingly Used For Power Trading, But Volumes Small
...ectricity have become common. Total electricity traded increased by almost 20% last year to almost 880GWh. While the actual rate of electricity supplied under trade deals was relatively small – 2016’s total power delivery was equivalent to running an 84MW power plant flat out, while 2017’s delivery was eq...
Volume: 61Issue: 21Published at Fri, 25 May 2018 -
Oman Sees Peak Power Demand Up 51% By 2023; Gas Fuel Crunch Looms
...) 2023 vs 2016 *2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 21Published at Fri, 26 May 2017 -
Egypt Seeks Funding For Coal Plant, Officially Inaugurates 2GW Of Capacity
...s 38 Suez (2016) 0.65 Oil 23.8 Damietta West* (2017) 0.25 Gas 29...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Aramco Targets Energy Efficiency,
...16 Jazan IGCC 2.40 Residues 2017 Total 4.29 Source: Saudi Aramco. Saudi Aramco Energy Conservation Savings (‘000 Boe/D)...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Sonelgaz $7.6Bn Powergen Outlay By End-2017
...mand growth, the company is adding 12.18GW of generating capacity by 2017. It recently awarded contracts for six combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants worth a total $4.05bn. In an interview with the El Watan newspaper, Sonelgaz official Rabah Touileb said that Algeria’s electricity demand is gr...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Oman Plans For Power Demand Growth
...e or more new plants in 2017-18 with aggregate capacity of 2.25-3gw. “The capacity requirement,” says OPWP, “will depend partly on the strategy adopted for expiring contracts.” In Salalah, the 276mw Raysut plant is scheduled for privatization in 2014 and the 300-400mw Salalah 2 independent power pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 21Published at Fri, 24 May 2013