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Riyadh, Cairo Sign $1.8bn Power Connection Deals
...nafir to Saudi Arabia in 2017 (MEES, 4 August 2017). Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman heralded the deal as highlighting “the sound directives and proper guidance paid by the two brotherly countries.” Egypt and Saudi Arabia also emphasized the pan-Arab nature of the link, and th...
Volume: 64Issue: 40Published at Fri, 08 Oct 2021 -
Qatar Powergen Rebounds To New Peak
...ricultural sector, which Qatar has sought to build up in response to the ongoing economic embargo. Food security has long been an area of concern for the government and the embargo made it more acute. Government statistics show that agricultural output has increased significantly since 2017. STRATEGIC DE...
Volume: 63Issue: 40Published at Fri, 02 Oct 2020 -
Kuwait Readies State Firms For Power IPO
...-year agreement. While prices have not been revealed, in order to have attracted international investors they would have had to be higher than the heavily subsidized tariffs paid by Kuwaiti consumers (MEES, 16 June 2017). CAPACITY GROWTH Kuwait generation capacity stands at 19.42GW thanks to the re...
Volume: 62Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2019 -
Renewables: Mena Retarded By Low Power Prices Amid Global Progress-IEA
...ergy Agency (IEA). The agency’s Renewables 2017 forecast, published this week, says solar capacity worldwide rose by 50% last year, to 74GW, of which almost a half was in China. “China has been the leader in manufacturing solar PV equipment for some time,” says IEA renewables head Paolo Frankl, “bu...
Volume: 60Issue: 40Published at Fri, 06 Oct 2017 -
Saudi Solar Tender: Masdar Offers Lowest Ever Power Price
...built 120km east of Abu Dhabi city at Sweihan (MEES, 7 July). There will be great interest across the renewables sector in how such low bids were achieved for Sakaka. Certainly solar panel costs have fallen sharply. The IEA’s Renewables 2017 forecast, issued this week says that in 2016 solar PV...
Volume: 60Issue: 40Published at Fri, 06 Oct 2017 -
Saudi Electricity Seeks Outside Funds For 5.4GW Capacity Hike
...l 0.16 2016 Shuqaiq (SEC) Oil 2.64 2017 PP13 (SEC) Ga...
Volume: 59Issue: 40Published at Fri, 07 Oct 2016 -
Saudi Electricity Demand To Rise 32% By 2020, Says ECRA
...wec Exp (Rawec) Oil 0.16 2016 Shuqaiq (SEC) Oil 2.64 2017 PP13 (SEC) Gas 1....
Volume: 58Issue: 40Published at Fri, 02 Oct 2015 -
Morocco’s ONEE Announces 2013-17 Electricity Plan
...Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) will spend MD112.3bn ($13.5bn) improving Morocco’s security of electricity supply over 2013-17. ONEE plans to raise Morocco’s generating capacity by almost 70% by 2017 (to 11.28GW). Of the 4.59GW of new generating capacity to...
Volume: 56Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2013 -
Egypt Lines Up Power Loans
...ectricity Production Company. It will comprise three 650MW gas-fired generating units and will be able to burn heavy fuel oil during gas shortages. Egypt’s generating capacity is 24GW, and the government said in 2010 it needed to add 10.45GW of capacity by 2017. More recently the government has announced pl...
Volume: 56Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2013