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Egypt Blackouts Led By Heatwave, Gas Shortages
...capacity installed in 2018 key to transforming Egypt’s fortunes (MEES, 27 July 2018). These plants were brought online as Cairo’s own gas output was undergoing a resurgence thanks to the December 2017 start-up of the giant 21.5tcf Eni-operated Zohr gas field. Zohr supplies enabled Egypt to ha...
Volume: 66Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2023 -
Saudi Gas Expansion Progress
...A key gas processing expansion project in Saudi Arabia is on track to be completed this year. The 1.07bn cfd Hawiyah gas plant expansion is being developed by Italy’s Saipem under a 2017 contract (MEES, 15 December 2017). Gas shortages mean that Saudi Arabia power and water desalination pl...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Saudi Solar: Key 2GW Plant Faces Covid-19 Delays
...VELOPMENT Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plans for 27.3GW of renewable energy capacity by 2024 and 58.7GW by 2030 rest on a two-track system of development. The first track is overseen by the Ministry of Energy’s Renewable Energy Project Development Office (Repdo), which was established in 2017 (MEES, 10 Fe...
Volume: 63Issue: 30Published at Fri, 24 Jul 2020 -
Egypt Completes 14.4GW Gas-Fired Megaproject In Record Time
...W coal-fired plant at Hamrawein on the Red Sea (MEES, 29 June). At least this is a more economic option than Egypt’s other long-term megaplan, a 4.8GW nuclear plant to be built by Russia’s Rosatom which comes with a jaw-dropping $29.4bn price tag (MEES, 15 December 2017). EGYPT’S KEY POWER PR...
Volume: 61Issue: 30Published at Fri, 27 Jul 2018 -
Saudi Approves Scaled-Back Nuclear Plans, Studies Reactors Large And Small
...tchdog IAEA setting out 13 priorities for Riyadh during 2017-21. The IAEA says the agreement provides a medium term reference for both parties’ planning. The priorities listed in the agreement include: nuclear energy planning and implementation; regulatory infrastructure; a research reactor; nuclear se...
Volume: 60Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2017 -
Dubai Announces Financial Close For 200MW Solar Unit
...lar photovoltaic (PV) plant is being developed as an independent power producer (IPP) project by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Spain’s TSK, with start-up expected by April 2017 (MEES, 30 January). DEWA chief executive Sa’id al-Tayir says the solar park is “one of the largest renewable energy pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 30Published at Fri, 24 Jul 2015 -
Oman Ramps Up Plant Construction To Meet Rising Power Demand
...mpany has started the bidding process for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, with a start-up target of 4Q16. OPWP has also requested proposals for a 200,000 cmd IWP at Qurayyat, with a view to start-up in March 2017. OPWP has shortlisted sites in the Ibri, Sohar and Suwaiq re...
Volume: 57Issue: 30Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2014 -
OPWP Sets Out Development Priorities, Reports 2012 Progress
...ntracts is due to expire in 2017, with a total of five due out of 12 existing deals due to expire by the end of 2020. The study is due for completion in 2013. OPWP’s latest seven-year outlook foresees strong demand growth in its two main grids, with MIS peak demand rising by 9.5% a year to 8.1gw in...
Volume: 56Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013