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Powering The UAE’s Northern Emirates
...ectricity which was equivalent to around 50% of consumption, but this slumped to just 399GWh in 2014 before eventually ceasing during 2021 (see chart 1). At the same time, electricity consumption in the northern emirates has been rising sharply since the Covid-19 pandemic. Having largely plateaued at ar...
Volume: 67Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 -
Iraq Targets 22GW Peak Supply This Summer
...rporation (CMEC) is now nearing completion. CMEC restarted work on the site in mid-2018 after leaving the project when large swaths of the country’s western and northern provinces fell to ISIS in 2014. On 17 May, the first 630MW unit was inaugurated, with the second 630MW unit due to enter service by Ju...
Volume: 64Issue: 22Published at Fri, 04 Jun 2021 -
Libya Fights To Keep The Lights On
...BYA: KEY POWER STATS... *1ST UNIT OF 350MW CAME ONLINE IN 2014. ^NO LONGER LISTS PROJECT ON ITS WEBSITE. SOURCE: WORLD BANK, MEES....
Volume: 62Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2019 -
Oman’s 2019 Power Start-Ups Are Last Gas Burners In Project Pipeline
...gas in 2018, equalling its record consumption in 2015. While consumption for power generation has remained in the 8.0-8.3bcm/y range since 2014, the upstream rally has boosted LNG exports (see chart). Although Sohar-3 and Ibri IPP would require around 420mn cfd of gas to operate at full ca...
Volume: 62Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2019 -
Algeria Makes Electricity Gains, But Struggles To Power The Future
...2 2012 Bellara Hyundai E&C/Daewoo 1.44 194 2014 Ou...
Volume: 61Issue: 25Published at Fri, 22 Jun 2018 -
Gulf Countries Throw Jordan A $2.5bn Lifeline Amid Unrest
...financial and development aid over a five-year period (MEES, 25 January 2013). Agreements to disburse some of this aid were signed in early 2013, and some funds were actually allocated to specific development projects. But the flow of GCC aid slowed with the 2014 crash in oil prices. With the re...
Volume: 61Issue: 24Published at Fri, 15 Jun 2018 -
Tunisia Looks To The Sun To Cut Dependence On Algerian Gas
...ongside seven straight years of falling output since the 2010 peak of 310mn cfd. Initially this fall was due to instability and bureaucratic inertia in the wake of the country’s 2011 revolution, with the slump in oil prices since late 2014 providing a second blow to investment as IOCs slashed capex (MEES, 23...
Volume: 61Issue: 22Published at Fri, 01 Jun 2018 -
EBRD Kick-Starts Egypt Solar With $500mn Investment In 16 PV Projects
...ypt,” says EBRD head of power and energy Harry Boyd-Carpenter. “We have been working with the Egyptian authorities since 2014 to help them fulfil their ambitious goals in this area. We are delighted now to be in a position to commit very significant financing to projects, which we expect to start co...
Volume: 60Issue: 24Published at Fri, 16 Jun 2017 -
Dubai Claims New Solar Pricing Record, This Time For CSP
...cording to an authoritative 2014 Baker Institute paper citing an Abu Dhabi energy official. Since then LCOEs for both CSP and PV solar capacity plunged (see charts), driven in particular by tumbling solar technology costs. However, there is some concern in the industry that developers are making di...
Volume: 60Issue: 23Published at Fri, 09 Jun 2017 -
Kuwait To Hike Gas-Fired Capacity After Bagging More LNG
...d a fractious relationship over the zone lately. Riyadh shut down 200,000 b/d of Neutral Zone oil production in October 2014, citing environmental concerns, as relations deteriorated. Limited output resumed only recently (MEES, 1 April). Despite the political concerns, Kuwait is not only building tw...
Volume: 59Issue: 25Published at Fri, 24 Jun 2016 -
Dubai Plans Largest Mideast Waste-To-Power Plant
...y of solid waste. This is roughly 30% of Dubai’s daily requirement – Dubai Statistics Center says the municipality handled just over 7mn tons/day of solid waste in 2014. In a bid to reduce its waste handling problems, the UAE federal government has set a target for landfill to be reduced by 75% by...
Volume: 59Issue: 25Published at Fri, 24 Jun 2016 -
International Investors Size Up Ambitious Egypt Wind And Solar Program
...newables program, approved by government in September 2014, specifically aimed at securing outside investment (see chart and table). In a recent assessment report for a proposed 1.8GW solar park at Benban, 650km southeast of Cairo, NREA says that the target includes 2GW for wind energy projects, 2GW fo...
Volume: 59Issue: 22Published at Fri, 03 Jun 2016 -
Egypt Power Capacity Boost Gathers Steam
...er the year to June 2014, taking total capacity to 32.02GW. This was almost 6GW above peak recorded consumption of 26.14GW. But demand spiked well above this later in the summer, when outages of both generating capacity and grid infrastructure, coupled with transmission and distribution losses, led to...
Volume: 58Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Completes Smaller Power Plants Amid Major Capacity Hike
...has also connected a 300MW second phase of a power plant at 6th of October City. State generator Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) has already secured loans to upgrade the Damietta West power plant to combined cycle operation (MEES, 7 November 2014). This will raise Damietta West ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Egypt’s Taqa Plans To Double Capacity To Help Cairo Bridge Power Shortage
...ound 31.5GW, but government faces a steep challenge in tackling both short and medium term supply crises. Peak demand reached 28.25GW in summer 2014, and could rise by 6% this year, according to Electricity Minister Muhammad Shakir. Taqa Executive Chairman Khalid Abu Bakr, speaking to MEES at last we...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Oman’s OPWP Targets 5% Efficiency Improvement In Power Generation
...nerating efficiency. Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) delivered 27.1TWh of electricity to customers in 2014, a rise of 13.6% over the 23.9TWh produced in 2013. The company’s current forecast sees Oman’s total peak electricity demand rising 85% by 2021, but warns that beyond 2019 gas av...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Awards Siemens €8bn, 16.4GW Powergen Deal
...st of Cairo (MEES, 20 March). Each plant will incorporate eight H-Class turbines, whose specification maximizes fuel efficiency at the expense of fuel flexibility. “The plants will add power to the grid in stages,” says Siemens. “Plans call for an initial 4.4GW to go online before summer 2014 an...
Volume: 58Issue: 23Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015 -
Saudi Generator Hikes Capacity By 6%, Fuel Flexibility The Key
...SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Generator Hikes Capacity By 6%, Fuel Flexibility The Key Saudi state generator SEC added 6% of new generating capacity last year, but saw consumption rise by 8%. New power plants brought online in 2014 were mainly steam turbine plants, able to burn both gas and oi...
Volume: 58Issue: 23Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015 -
Sonelgaz Generating Capacity Up 2GW In 2013, But Finances ‘Fragile’
...spent during 2014-17 on generating and transmission capacity to keep pace with demand growth of more than 10% a year. He warned that this investment must come despite frozen electricity prices (MEES, 23 May). Mobile Supply Boost Mr Boutarfa says that Algeria’s electricity generating ca...
Volume: 57Issue: 26Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014 -
Turkey Reveals Electricity Targets, Wind Expansion Continues
...dropower 15%, wind and geothermal 12%, nuclear 11%, solar 5% and other sources 2%, according to the Anadolu news agency, citing a ministry report. State transmission company TEIAS estimates Turkish electricity consumption at 245.5TWh in 2013 and says this will rise by 4.3% in 2014 to a total 256TWh. An...
Volume: 57Issue: 26Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014