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Anbar Power Plants To Build Case For Akkas Gas?
...t the country’s ongoing political stalemate has prevented any contracts from being signed. Akkas, located in Iraq’s western Anbar province was originally to be developed by Korea’s Kogas under a 2010 contract. But instability in the region deterred Kogas, and the firm declared force majeure in 2014...
Volume: 65Issue: 34Published at Fri, 26 Aug 2022 -
Saudi Electricity Taps $1.75bn Loan For Capacity Expansion
...hieved. The deal is SEC’s largest syndicated loan to date. It takes to $36.2bn the outside funding the utility has secured since 2007, although the biggest single contribution was a $13.2bn ‘soft loan’ from the Ministry of Finance in 2014 (see table). The syndicated loan is SEC’s first foray into the in...
Volume: 60Issue: 34Published at Fri, 25 Aug 2017 -
Turkey Coal Power Boost
...ns/year of lignite fuel. Start-up of the Bolu Göynük plant takes Turkey’s coal-fired capacity to 12.8GW. Coal represents a significant part of Turkey’s generating capacity, which amounted to 67.6GW at the end of 2014, and could potentially increase its share as Ankara seeks to limit its de...
Volume: 58Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015 -
UAE’s RAK Plans Privately Financed Desalination
...ich is due to start up in 2016 (MEES, 19 December 2014)....
Volume: 58Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015 -
Egypt Powers Ahead To Supply Record As New Capacity Comes Online
...st power plant. Yet this is a marked improvement on last summer, when the system collapsed under the strain of years of underinvestment and there were severe blackouts across Egypt (MEES, 12 September 2014). Since the summer 2014 power meltdown, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has led a charge to re...
Volume: 58Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015 -
Wind Power Dominates Near-Term MENA Renewables Projects Mix
...entified six potential sites for new wind farms in the Gulf of Suez area. It has invited companies to prequalify to develop 100MW projects. France’s GDF Suez is currently building Africa’s largest wind project, the 300MW Tarfaya wind farm in Morocco. This is due online at the end of 2014. Meanwhile, in Tu...
Volume: 56Issue: 34Published at Fri, 23 Aug 2013