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Anbar Power Plants To Build Case For Akkas Gas?
...lamic State terrorist group and was only re-captured in 2017 by government forces. But the price was the extensive destruction of the facility. The Ministry awarded another $82mn for reconstruction work which has been led by a local Iraqi contractor since at least 2020. The plant’s first 125MW unit wa...
Volume: 65Issue: 34Published at Fri, 26 Aug 2022 -
Jordan Moves Towards Electricity Hub Role With Saudi, Iraq Deals
...ans to also integrate with Iraq and potentially Syria in the future. Jordan’s transmission grid is already integrated with Egypt and the West Bank. No timeframe for the work has been provided and the idea of such a connection is longstanding. A similar MoU was signed in 2017, after Jordan’s el...
Volume: 63Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2020 -
Barakah 1 Reactor Connected To UAE Grid
...it 1 operators, preventing FANR from awarding an operating license to Nawah, which saw Barakah 1 start-up delayed from 2017 (MEES, 12 May 2017). Enec recently announced the completion of construction of Barakah’s Unit 2 and says that operational readiness preparations are now under way by Nawah. Me...
Volume: 63Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2020 -
Egypt Solar Soars Thanks To Booming Benban Output
...lar park is a major contributor, along with three giant combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants with a combined capacity of 14.4GW developed by state utility EEHC and brought online in 2017-18, in ensuring that Egypt’s installed generating capacity is more than sufficient to meet anticipated peak el...
Volume: 62Issue: 34Published at Fri, 23 Aug 2019 -
Gulf Crude Burn Down Sharply In 2018, But Fuel Oil Is The Key Replacement Fuel
...TA FOR 1H18. 1H18 REGIONAL TOTALS AND FULL YEAR FORECASTS PRESUME VOLUMES LEVEL WITH 2017. **PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS IN POWER PLANTS. EXCLUDES DIESEL. SOURCE: JODI, MEES ESTIMATES & CALCULATIONS....
Volume: 61Issue: 34Published at Fri, 24 Aug 2018 -
Saudi Electricity Taps $1.75bn Loan For Capacity Expansion
...ternational finance market in 2017. Last year saw the company raise $5.1bn in three deals, an annual record if the 2014 finance ministry loan is excluded (see chart). SEC says the latest agreement is for a five-year ‘bullet’ repayment loan. Bullet loans require the entirety of the loan amount to be repaid at ma...
Volume: 60Issue: 34Published at Fri, 25 Aug 2017 -
Dubai Plans Gas-Fired Expansion As UAE Pursues Powergen Diversity
...ec recently performed structural integrity tests on Barakah-1, which will be the first of the reactors to be brought online. Enec originally intended Barakah-1 to start up in 2017, but this target has slipped. The agency now says the four plants are scheduled to be fully operational in 2020. Enec sa...
Volume: 59Issue: 34Published at Fri, 26 Aug 2016 -
Turkey Coal Power Boost
...pendence on imported gas for power generation (see p27). However, while Turkey has large coal resources, gas and renewables projects dominate its medium-term development program. Apart from a 510MW coal-fired plant being built by China’s HEI at Soma for start-up in 2017, plans for further coal ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015 -
UAE’s RAK Plans Privately Financed Desalination
...pacity to desalinate 100,000 m3/day of water and store 450,000 m3. Construction will begin next month, with first desalination scheduled for June 2017 and full-scale operation in 2018. Utico says water will initially be provided to RAK and nearby areas and to other parts of the UAE as output in...
Volume: 58Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015 -
Egypt Powers Ahead To Supply Record As New Capacity Comes Online
...nerators and a steam turbine set with a combined capacity of 340MW. Ansaldo says the plant conversion will require 24 months to complete from the signing of the contract, which suggests completion in late 2017 or early 2018. FUELS: “TEMPORARY GAP” Minister of Petroleum Sharif Isma’il told a gas ma...
Volume: 58Issue: 34Published at Fri, 21 Aug 2015 -
Jordan Eyes Rosatom Deal, As MENA Nuclear Plans Advance
...te characterization and environmental impact studies in May 2015 and preliminary safety analysis reports by December 2018. The agency is looking to receive a site permit from the government in 2015 and aims to secure a construction permit for the first of the plants in 2017, with a view to pouring fi...
Volume: 57Issue: 34Published at Fri, 22 Aug 2014