1. Algeria Brings Combined Capacity To 17.68GW Despite $10bn Funding Deficit

    ...dustry. State petroleum firm Sonatrach has seen its five-year investment budget cut to $73bn for 2016-20, from $90bn for 2015-19 and $100bn for 2014-18. And it is not only cashflow that may be a problem for Sonelgaz beyond 2018. At the end of 2015, Algeria’s 17.24GW of generating capacity comprised ro...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 05 Aug 2016
  2. Gulf States Eye Demand Management But Progress Slow

    ...mpared with current global thinking. The OECD’s International Energy Agency (IEA) says Middle East governments plan to spend a total $169bn on improving energy efficiency during 2014-35 (MEES, 6 June). Yet the IEA’s recent World Energy Investment Outlook warns that “energy prices are critical to de...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 01 Aug 2014