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Amea Joins $290mn Morocco Desalination Project Amid Controversy
...adir reverse osmosis desalination project in Morocco, the UAE-based firm announced on 1 August, marking its first such project in North Africa. Development of the 275,000 m³/d first phase was awarded in 2014 to Spanish firm Abengoa and came online in 2022 (MEES, 21 November 2014). Abengoa has since be...
Volume: 68Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2025 -
Bahrain: $670mn CCGT Funding
...oject. The Line 6 plant will have 540,000 tons/year output capacity, taking total smelting capacity to 1.5mn t/y. The power plant will normally burn gas, requiring up to 240mn cfd at full capacity. Bahrain’s annual gas output has been steady at 1.5bn cfd during 2014-16. Bahrain is expanding capacity of...
Volume: 60Issue: 32Published at Fri, 11 Aug 2017 -
Egypt Hikes Electricity Prices To Cut Subsidies Bill, As IMF Agrees $12Bn Loan
...stated in the government plan approved by the parliament.” As Egypt looks to raise revenues and rationalize spending, he said the budget for 2016-17 “will adopt the VAT law after approval by the parliament, and will continue the program begun in 2014 to rationalize energy subsidies.” Go...
Volume: 59Issue: 32Published at Fri, 12 Aug 2016 -
Israel Closes $1bn Solar Financing
...e 121MW CSP project last year (MEES, 18 July 2014). Megalim laid the cornerstone for the 121MW project in June, with a view to connecting to the Israeli grid in 2017. The partners expect the plant to deliver 320GWh of electricity to the grid annually. The plant will comprise a 240m high solar to...
Volume: 58Issue: 32Published at Fri, 07 Aug 2015 -
Dubai To Spend $15Bn On 20% Capacity Hike By 2021
...UAE Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) chief executive Sa’id al-Tayir says DEWA’s capital budget for 2014-18 is Dh55.216bn ($15.03bn). DEWA plans to add three power plants totaling 1.9GW over the next five years raising DEWA’s total capacity by almost 20% to 11.56GW by the end of...
Volume: 57Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014