1. Oman’s 2019 Power Start-Ups Are Last Gas Burners In Project Pipeline

    ...gas in 2018, equalling its record consumption in 2015. While consumption for power generation has remained in the 8.0-8.3bcm/y range since 2014, the upstream rally has boosted LNG exports (see chart). Although Sohar-3 and Ibri IPP would require around 420mn cfd of gas to operate at full ca...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2019
  2. Dubai Claims New Solar Pricing Record, This Time For CSP

    ...cording to an authoritative 2014 Baker Institute paper citing an Abu Dhabi energy official. Since then LCOEs for both CSP and PV solar capacity plunged (see charts), driven in particular by tumbling solar technology costs. However, there is some concern in the industry that developers are making di...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 09 Jun 2017
  3. Egypt Awards Siemens €8bn, 16.4GW Powergen Deal

    ...st of Cairo (MEES, 20 March). Each plant will incorporate eight H-Class turbines, whose specification maximizes fuel efficiency at the expense of fuel flexibility. “The plants will add power to the grid in stages,” says Siemens. “Plans call for an initial 4.4GW to go online before summer 2014 an...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015
  4. Saudi Generator Hikes Capacity By 6%, Fuel Flexibility The Key

    ...SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Generator Hikes Capacity By 6%, Fuel Flexibility The Key Saudi state generator SEC added 6% of new generating capacity last year, but saw consumption rise by 8%. New power plants brought online in 2014 were mainly steam turbine plants, able to burn both gas and oi...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015
  5. IEA Slams Weak Mideast Energy Efficiency; UAE And Saudis Step Up Efforts

    ...E and Saudi Arabia – major hydrocarbons resources holders as well as electricity generators – are leading the regional quest to tame surging energy demand. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reckons that global investment in energy efficiency will amount to $8 trillion during 2014-35. Of th...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014