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Iran Deepens Iraq Energy Role With 3GW Basra Power Plant
...to Iraq’s energy sector. The $2.5bn Rumaila IPP project was directly awarded to the Amman-based Iraqi conglomerate Shamara Holding Group (SHG) by the Ministry of Electricity in 2014 under Federal Iraq’s first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA is for 15-17 years and Iraq’s Ministry of Fi...
Volume: 64Issue: 20Published at Fri, 21 May 2021 -
Mena Renewables Projects Tap Chinese Funding
...tensibly multilateral identity, the Silk Road Fund is intimately linked to President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt & Road Initiative which is intended to promote Chinese investment, and with it influence, across a swathe of the planet, including the Gulf region. Founded in December 2014, Silk Road Fund cash co...
Volume: 62Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2020 -
Iraq Power Generation Hits New Heights Despite Stalled KRG Deal
...iginal intention of receiving gas feedstock from the nearby DNO-operated Summail gas field. Gas flows began in May 2014 (MEES, 12 September 2014) but didn’t last long, with DNO halting operations at the field in 2015 and relinquishing the license in 2016. Since the Summail flop, Duhok has been ru...
Volume: 62Issue: 22Published at Fri, 31 May 2019 -
Algeria Eyes Solar To Power Oil Operations, But ‘It’s A Long-Term Job’
...om renewables. These will be small projects whose capacity is around 100MW.” Algeria’s solar capacity has risen quickly of late, although from a low level, to 425MW at the end of 2017, while wind capacity has languished at 10MW since 2014 (see chart). The solar increase is attributable to small-sc...
Volume: 61Issue: 20Published at Fri, 18 May 2018 -
Mena Renewables: Capacity Growing But At Half The Global Pace
... 2016 MW % MW % 2015 2014 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Saudi Edges Up Capacity, Looks To IPPs For Boost
...mand was 62.3GW, compared with 56.6GW in 2014. Recently-ousted electricity minister ‘Abd Allah a-Husain predicts that demand will reach 90GW in 2022. SEC spent SR29bn ($7.73bn) on new generating, transmission and distribution capacity in 2015. New units came online at the PP12 combined cycle gas tu...
Volume: 59Issue: 20Published at Fri, 20 May 2016 -
EBRD In $530mn Egypt & Jordan Solar Boost
...nd farm and solar projects in Morocco (MEES, 24 October 2014)....
Volume: 59Issue: 20Published at Fri, 20 May 2016 -
Algeria Sees Power Demand Soaring; Can It Find The Cash To Boost Capacity?
...rn 13.3% higher than the previous record set in 2014 (see chart). Part of the additional load was met by 1.09GW of new gas-fired plants that ramped up to full capacity last year, including 394MW at Tilghemt, 220MW at Hassi Messaoud, 220MW at M’Sila, 140MW at Labreg, 40MW at Boufarik, 40MW at Ou...
Volume: 59Issue: 19Published at Fri, 13 May 2016 -
OPWP Pushing Spot Market Development, Eyes GCC Electricity Trading
...ility delivered a total 31.29TWh of electricity in 2015, an increase of 15.5% over the 27.10TWh supplied in 2014. At the same time, OPWP supplied 242mn m3 of desalinated water in 2015, which was 17.5% higher than the 206mn m3 delivered in 2014. Despite the double-digit rises in electricity and water de...
Volume: 59Issue: 18Published at Fri, 06 May 2016 -
UAE Tendering 1.15GW Of Solar, Dubai Receives Record Low Bid
...oject, a 100MW solar PV plant to be called Noor. Masdar had been lined up to develop the project, but the state renewables firm’s proposed price for supplied electricity was seen as a major sticking point (MEES, 31 January 2014). While both Dubai and Abu Dhabi are pursuing large scale solar projects, De...
Volume: 59Issue: 18Published at Fri, 06 May 2016 -
Egypt Seeks Funding For Coal Plant, Officially Inaugurates 2GW Of Capacity
...d supply system is a politically sensitive topic. On May 19 Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Minister of Electricity Muhammad Shakir inaugurated the 750MW Banha power plant near Cairo. However, two 250MW gas-fired turbines were completed in open-cycle mode in 2014, with the subsequent addition of...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Jordan Taps Arab Fund For Power Expansion
...ojects. Last year the World Bank lent Jordan $221mn for a 117MW wind farm at Tafila, while the EBRD lent $25mn for a 24MW solar PV project at Ma’an (MEES, 24 October 2014)....
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Saudi Power Expansions: Not Only More Capacity, But More Efficient
...velopment in Saudi Arabia with a combined generating capacity of 23.85GW. These plants are scheduled to add almost 40% to Saudi Arabia’s current generating capacity – estimated by MEES at 61.87GW at the end of 2014 – by the end of 2018. But these are not the only capacity expansions under way. Saudi ge...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
Egypt Adds Power Ship To Short-Term Plan, Lines Up Loans For EEHC
...at declining natural gas production in Egypt has meant that many power plants have suffered fuel shortages since 2013. Cairo is currently planning how to prevent power blackouts during peak summer demand. Generating capacity is 31.45GW, but peak demand reached 28.25GW in summer 2014. Peak demand co...
Volume: 58Issue: 19Published at Fri, 08 May 2015 -
DEWA Urges Consumers To ‘Think Smart’ Under New Electricity Strategy
...an doubled from 2004 to 2014, from 3.23GW to 7.23GW. In 2014 peak demand was 9.7% higher than the 6.86GW in 2013. DEWA’s current generating capacity is 9.66GW, but peak demand could exceed this level in four years’ time at last year’s growth rate, if no capacity is added. Hence DEWA will build 2....
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
Aramco Targets Energy Efficiency,
...gen 0.75 Gas 2014 3 Cogen Plants 0.90 Oil/Gas 2016 Shaybah Upgrade 0.24 Gas 20...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Sonelgaz $7.6Bn Powergen Outlay By End-2017
...ALGERIA Sonelgaz $7.6Bn Powergen Outlay By End-2017 Algeria’s state electricity and gas utility Sonelgaz estimates the price of required power generation, transmission and distribution capacity additions during 2014-17 at AD1.7 trillion ($21.5bn). To satisfy double-digit de...
Volume: 57Issue: 21Published at Fri, 23 May 2014 -
Aramco Scales Back Giant Jazan Plans To 2.4GW
...art Status SEC Projects 9.98 Shuaiba 2 1.24 Gas 2014 U/C Ji...
Volume: 57Issue: 19Published at Fri, 09 May 2014 -
Turkey Taps EBRD For Hydro Cash; Boosts Nuclear, Wind
...peline Project MW Fuel Start-Up Egemer 900 Gas 2014 Kangal 44 Wi...
Volume: 57Issue: 18Published at Fri, 02 May 2014 -
Oman Qualifies Bidders For Musandam Plant
...s Main Interconnected System (MIS) grid will rise by 9.5% a year during 2013-19, while Salalah System peak demand will grow by 12% a year. The Barka Phase 3, Sohar Phase 2 and Sur projects are expected to add a combined 3.49gw of capacity by 2014 (MEES, 24 May). OPWP is also studying a 200-300mw pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 22Published at Fri, 31 May 2013