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Nuclear, Renewables Drive Abu Dhabi’s Gas-For-Power Demand To Fresh Lows
...u Dhabi and Fujairah increased by 6% last year to a record 108.5TWh. The continued growth in clean-power generation means that Ewec’s gas consumption fell for the seventh consecutive year to 1.67bn cfd, the lowest figure since 2011 (see chart 2). Ewec’s gas consumption is now down 680mn cfd from its 20...
Volume: 68Issue: 10Published at Fri, 07 Mar 2025 -
Iraq Poised For 500MW Turkey Power Imports
...nce at least 2019. Ministry plans seen by MEES show two planned links. The first uses an existing 132KV line from Silopi in Turkey to Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan which was last used in 2011 at an average 5MW. A contract for 150MW of 2021 imports did not go ahead after Turkish energy trader Aksa Aksen as...
Volume: 65Issue: 10Published at Fri, 11 Mar 2022 -
Egypt Power: Plentiful Gas, Falling Demand Make Shortfalls A Distant Memory
...mediate aftermath of Egypt’s 2011 revolution when the country was chronically short of gas, and thus fuel flexibility – the plant can also run on liquid fuels – was paramount (MEES, 5 July 2013). The next plant set for start up is also a conventional steam turbine plant commissioned when Egypt was st...
Volume: 64Issue: 12Published at Fri, 26 Mar 2021 -
East Med Geopolitical Waters Remain Far From Smooth
...e division of reserves from the 4.1tcf Aphrodite field, which though around 90% lies in Cypriot waters, straddles the countries’ maritime border. Nicosia hopes that this deal will increase the chances of the 2011 discovery by Noble Energy (now Chevron) being developed along the lines of a de...
Volume: 64Issue: 10Published at Fri, 12 Mar 2021 -
Saudi Liquids Burn Edges Up, More Rises To Come?
...eir lowest level since March 2014. Products imports were down across the board, with the kingdom importing no diesel for the first time since January 2011. The upshot was that net-products exports were just shy of December’s record at 1.34mn b/d. And net diesel exports were at an all time high of...
Volume: 62Issue: 12Published at Fri, 22 Mar 2019 -
Israeli Gas Development: Can The Domestic Power Market Absorb It?
...viathan discovery to development (MEES, 10 January 2011). Subsequent nearby discoveries, such as Karish and Tanin, were seen as potential long-term tie-ins to the company’s two offshore giants. So there was no hurry to further appraise the fields. What is more surprising is that Energean – which pu...
Volume: 61Issue: 13Published at Fri, 30 Mar 2018 -
Saudi Pushes On With Nuclear Plans Despite US Concern
...Status Operating 1.0 Iran Bushehr-1 2011 1....
Volume: 61Issue: 09Published at Fri, 02 Mar 2018 -
Rosatom Starts Work On New Iran Nuclear Plant, Cementing Russia’s Mena Presence
...pear motivated by more than just economics, with the Russian firm looking to expand its regional reach – and that of Russia – and Iran opting for a prestige project. The plant is located where Rosatom completed the Mena region’s first and, so far only, nuclear plant in 2011, the 1GW Bushehr-1 pl...
Volume: 60Issue: 13Published at Fri, 31 Mar 2017 -
Algeria Confirms Six CCGT Awards, Plans New Solar, Mobile Units
...ntracts Sonelgaz has been charged with raising total generating capacity quickly in the short term, following riots over power outages during 2012. While 3.77GW of capacity has been added since the end of 2011, Minister of Energy and Mines Youcef Yousfi has forced the pace of development since his return to...
Volume: 57Issue: 10Published at Fri, 07 Mar 2014 -
UAE Makes Progress On Nuclear Plant, Iran’s Bushehr Off-Line
...nce it started operation in September 2011. The latest shutdown, which began in February, is for repairs to the turbine generator. The plant had only been operating for about a month, following a protracted outage for repairs after debris was found in the reactor housing. Atomic Energy Or...
Volume: 56Issue: 13Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013 -
Algeria Looking To Generate Extra 2.8GW This Summer
...turning late from maintenance, which reduced availability to 83% of installed capacity. Mr Yousfi estimated Algeria’s total electricity generating capacity at 11.39gw at the end of 2011, of which 8.50gw was operated by state generator Sonelgaz and 2.89gw by independent generators. He did not detail th...
Volume: 56Issue: 13Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013 -
ADWEA Studying Bids For Al-Mirfa IWPP
...rt of the Al-Mirfa IWPP project (MEES, 14 May 2012). ADWEA is currently developing the Shuweihat S3 independent power project (IPP) 250km west of the city of Abu Dhabi, alongside the Shuweihat S1 and S2 plants. A power purchase agreement was signed in February 2011 by ADWEC and Shuweihat As...
Volume: 56Issue: 11Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2013 -
EMAL Awards Generator Contracts To GE
...e end of 2014. The expansion is expected to cost $4.5bn, and will make EMAL one of the largest single-site producers of primary aluminium in the world (MEES, 1 August 2011). EMAL is a 50:50 joint venture between the Abu Dhabi government investment and development company, Mubadala, and Dubai Al...
Volume: 56Issue: 11Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2013 -
Iran Shuts Down Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Progressing Arak
...clear firms and started up in September 2011, is expected to be off-line until at least 28 February. It was only recently restarted after a shutdown following the discovery of debris in the reactor housing (MEES, 18 January). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) noted in a report circulated am...
Volume: 56Issue: 09Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2013