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Europe Probes Second Cyprus-Linked EU-Funded Energy Project
...ate relies on burning fuel oil for power; oil burn accounted for 75% of its power generation last year, with renewables contributing 25%. Cyprus opposition party Akel’s Stefanos Stefanou told lawmakers earlier this month that Cyprus has racked up a €1.3bn ($1.5bn) bill to the EU since 2017 fo...
Volume: 68Issue: 37Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2025 -
Cairo Plans Bumper Winter LNG Imports But Power Cuts May Return
...RU, saw imports of 505,000 tons, the highest monthly figure since 2017. Presuming that the full 20 cargoes unload by the end of September this implies total Q3 import volumes of 1.4mn tons, the highest figure since 3Q 2017 (see chart 1). GAS OUTPUT: FROM BAD TO WORSE Egypt’s ga...
Volume: 67Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 -
Saudi Arabia Pushes For Enhanced Gas Role In Energy Transition
...x, with state regulator ECRA’s latest statistics showing that in 2017, gas fueled a record 53.7% of all electricity generation (MEES, 19 April). There is a clear geographic disparity in the kingdom, where liquids have been virtually eliminated from power generation from the eastern and central ar...
Volume: 62Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2019 -
Saudi To Push On With ‘Full Cycle’ Nuclear, Probably
...nsions, Saudi Arabia’s desire to control the whole nuclear enrichment process is sure to raise eyebrows. LEADING PLAYER The leading Mena nuclear player is Russian state firm Rosatom, which is set to follow up its plants in Iran with four units totalling 4.8GW in Egypt (MEES, 15 December 2017...
Volume: 62Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2019 -
SEC Takes First Steps Toward Saudi Power Sector Shake-Up
...ductions in electricity price subsidies and establishment of a ‘Citizen’s Account’ compensation scheme for poorer households meant that by late last year this had slipped to a pledge from SEC chairman Saleh al-Awajji for “some achievements during 2018” (MEES, 22 December 2017). SEC reported a whacking 52...
Volume: 61Issue: 37Published at Fri, 14 Sep 2018 -
Algeria Plots Unlikely Power Capacity Boost Whilst Rejecting Foreign Funding
...pacity delays (see p13). The first was awarded under a $1.06bn contract (MEES, 30 November 2012), while six more were awarded together under contracts valued at $4.05bn (MEES, 7 March 2014). The Ain Arnat plant was scheduled to reach full capacity in 2016 and the other six were expected to follow in 2017...
Volume: 60Issue: 37Published at Fri, 15 Sep 2017 -
Israel Powergen Capacity Nears 17GW With Completion Of Haruvit CCGT
...rael’s Noy Fund started construction in June for 2017 start-up. The second phase of Ashalim will be a 110MW CSP plant, for which Spain’s Abengoa and Israel’s Shikun and Binui recently announced financial close with a view to 2018 start-up. Details of a solar PV plant to be built at the same site have ye...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
Iran Plans New Nuclear Plants, But Bushehr Still Offline
...6GW 4 Two 1.4GW plants u/c at Barakah. One plant due on-line each year during 2017-20. Source: MEES...
Volume: 56Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -
Iran’s Bushehr At Full Capacity, MENA States Pursue Nuclear Programs
...ectric Power Corporation (Kepco). ENEC plans to build four 1.4gw plants, with the first to be built at Barakh and due on-line in 2017 (MEES, 20 August). Jordan, like Iran, has substantial uranium reserves and sees extraction as part of its nuclear program. Parliament has not approved the go...
Volume: 55Issue: 37Published at Fri, 07 Sep 2012