1. ENEC Speaks with MEES About Abu Dhabi’s Game-Changing Barakah Nuclear Plant

    ...is is just the beginning for ENEC to deliver even more value for the UAE by supporting the global civil nuclear sector.  1: ABU DHABI’S EWEC GAS FEEDSTOCK REQUIREMENTS FALL 30% FROM THEIR 2017 PEAK DESPITE OVERALL GENERATION SOARING (TWh)   2: ABU DHABI ‘CLEAN’ POWER GENERATION (TW...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2025
  2. Egypt Taps Russian Oil, Israeli Gas To Keep LNG Exports Flowing

    ...wer plants in a bid to maximize gas available for LNG exports at record global spot prices (MEES, 23 September). Having been at just 20,000 b/d for much of 2020 and 2021, fuel oil burn is now running at the highest level since 2017 with August’s 119,000 b/d only marginally down on July’s four year mo...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 21 Oct 2022
  3. Qatar Powergen Breaks New Records After 2018 Downturn

    ...ar. Should the 20% year-on-year growth seen in the first eight months be maintained for the remainder of 2019 this implies a record 47.3TWh for the year as a whole, some 8% above the previous record of 43.9TWh set in 2017 (see chart 2). As with Qatar’s neighbors, electricity demand is highly se...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2019
  4. Riyadh Touts Desalination Assets In Privatization Drive: What’s At Stake?

    ...THORITY. MEES.   2: SAUDI DESALINATION CAPACITY (‘000 M³/D): OVER 93% IS LARGELY OR WHOLLY STATE-OWNED   SAUDI ARABIA’S DESALINATION FIRMS       2017 ('000 M³/D)       Ownership in de...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 19 Oct 2018
  5. Delegates Desert Saudi Investor Conference

    ...tober 2017) and the publicity stunt of granting citizenship to the robot “Sophia.” The Crown Prince intended the second act to rival last year’s event, promising the unveiling of an “amazing deal…far away from oil” at FII in a Bloomberg interview earlier this month. “There is one deal in FII and th...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 19 Oct 2018
  6. Aramco Targets 12GW Powergen Capacity By 2020, Seeks Supply License

    ...0 Expansion projects Oil, gas-fired 84 Added 2017: Turaif Wind turbine 3 Total Op...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 20 Oct 2017
  7. Oman Plans Big Solar Project

    ...e southern Dhofar governorate near the border with Yemen and plans 7MW more in small projects. Raeco aims to develop 90MW of wind and solar capacity by 2020 and has awarded UAE’s Masdar a $200mn contract to build a 50MW wind farm at Harweel in the Dhofar region for start-up in 2017 (MEES, 10 Ju...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 21 Oct 2016
  8. Qatar Power Demand Tops 7GW; QEWC Advances 2.5GW Plant

    ...ay ahead of the demand growth curve in the medium term by building two new power and desalination plants: a 2.52GW, 618,000 m3/day plant is due online at Umm Al Haul in 2017, and a 2GW, 655,000 m3/day plant is proposed at Ras Laffan, for potential start-up in 2018. QEWC has informed the Qatar Ex...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015
  9. Oman Turns To Wind To Cut Rural Generating Costs

    ...ights ranging from 120ms to 145ms and capacities of 2.0-3.2MW. The wind farm is expected to be developed by Masdar over 24 months, incorporating turbines from a leading global turbine maker and with local contractors having a “good share” of the project. Mr Magdheri anticipates start-up in early 2017...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014
  10. Shuweihat S2 Inaugurated As Abu Dhabi Expects Demand Growth

    ...neration and is currently building four nuclear plants at Barakah with a combined generating capacity of 5.6GW. They are scheduled to be brought into operation during 2017-20 (MEES, 11 October). The emirate is also looking to build a 100MW waste-to-energy plant for start-up in 2016-17 (MEES, 27 Se...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013