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Riyadh’s SWCC Privatization: Desalination And Powergen Assets On The Block
...prove our operational excellence and efficiency” in preparation for privatization (MEES, 19 October 2018). This has seen SWCC output increase as a percentage of total Saudi desalinated water production, rebounding from a minimum of 48% of total output in 2016 to 66% of 2017’s total of 2.46bn m3 in 2017...
Volume: 62Issue: 39Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2019 -
Iraq Aims To End Blackouts As Protests Rage On
...emens is upgrading and expanding a number of existing power plants, while GE is providing turbines and generators for several combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants which are under development (MEES, 8 December 2017). MOUNTING PRESSURE Iraq’s powergen woes are a key grievances ci...
Volume: 61Issue: 39Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2018 -
Qatar Plans First Significant Solar Capacity
...y plank of this had been a January 2017 deal with Abu Dhabi state firm Masdar, a firm with much more renewables experience, to jointly develop “commercially viable renewable energy projects in the UAE, Qatar, and international markets.” QEWC’s overseas investment affiliate Nebras Power and state in...
Volume: 60Issue: 39Published at Fri, 29 Sep 2017 -
Jordan Secures Finance For 50MW Solar Project, Brings 43MW Online
...oposed 49.5MW Daehan wind farm at Tafila, for which Korea’s Daelim and Kosco have signed a power purchase agreement with Jordan’s Ministry of Energy. The partners aim to begin construction in 2017 for start-up in 2019. SOLAR START-UPS Jordan has recently started up its first solar plants, in th...
Volume: 59Issue: 39Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016 -
UAE Seeks Solar Bidders As Nuclear And Coal Plans Advance
...port says Dubai’s achievement of “the lowest solar price ever achieved worldwide” suggests solar costs are “poised to decrease even further.” Phase-2 of Dubai’s solar park recently reached financial close and is scheduled for start-up by April 2017. (MEES, 24 July). PV modules for phase-2 will be pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 39Published at Fri, 25 Sep 2015 -
UAE Faces Power Capacity Shortfall, Targets Improved Efficiency
...e second phase of the Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktum Solar Park. This will have 100MW generating capacity and is scheduled for start-up in 2017. DEWA says the tender will close by the end of October. Meanwhile, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has authorized ENEC to begin bu...
Volume: 57Issue: 39Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014 -
MENA Generators Pushing Non-Conventional Power Projects
...-75MW Ma’an Wind 12 companies prequalified 500MW Attarat umm Ghudrun Oil Shale Due online 2017 90...
Volume: 56Issue: 39Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013 -
Iraqi Electricity Industry Poised For 20,000MW Lift-Off
...ve languished in warehouses until now. But, even discounting the mega-deal purchases, Iraq plans to spend around $4.5bn/year, or some $27bn up to 2017, on its electricity sector (see table). This 2012-17 spend will break down as follows: $14bn for generation, $5bn for transmission and $8bn for di...
Volume: 55Issue: 39Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2012