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Algeria’s Renewables Plans Struggle To Advance
...newables dreams. It set a 22GW 2030 renewables target in 2011 but has little to show for it. For a country with abundant sun but reliant on stretched natural gas resources for power, this is a cause for concern. It only has 410MW of solar PV (mostly localized generation in remote areas: a mere 10MW is on-gr...
Volume: 62Issue: 45Published at Fri, 08 Nov 2019 -
Jordan: Gas Oversupply Threatens Key Startups
...at both the energy ministry and state power company Nepco are struggling to cope with the ongoing changes – and it could see commissioning for key projects be delayed. The main issue boils down to key contracts that Jordan signed over the last several years which are no longer competitive. In 2011...
Volume: 62Issue: 44Published at Fri, 01 Nov 2019 -
Oman Power: Foot Off The Gas Despite Khazzan Progress
...readbare international project pipeline. When asked on the firm’s 1 November Q3 earnings call “Given the [cost] deflation you have seen, is it time to step up the FIDs [final investment decisions]?” CFO Brian Gilvary says “we rebuilt the company over 2011 to 2014 [with a massive sell-off of assets to fund ‘De...
Volume: 59Issue: 45Published at Fri, 11 Nov 2016 -
GCC Grid Growth Stalled As Oman Set To Join
...GWh in 2010 to 815GWh in 2013, though even the higher figure represents less than 0.25% of regional demand. Scheduled trading started at 0.31GWh in 2010 and rose to 46GWh in 2011, but has been zero ever since (see chart). Announcing Oman’s decision to join the GCC grid, GCCIA director Matar al-Ni...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
Oman Plans First Solar Unit Under Rural Plan
...pacity is linked to two grids: the Main Interconnected System (MIS) and the Salalah system. This year peak MIS demand is expected to reach 4.82GW, with 424MW in Salalah (MEES, 24 May). But off-grid rural demand is growing faster than in the main networks, having recorded an 11.6% increase from 2010 to 2011...
Volume: 56Issue: 48Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013 -
Egypt Plans Nuclear Tender, UAE Progresses First Reactor
...June that Egypt was ready to invite bids, having enacted a nuclear law, established an independent regulatory body, selected a technology, developed a fuel strategy and prepared a bid specification in line with IAEA requirements. Earlier tender plans were postponed following the January 2011 ov...
Volume: 56Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013 -
IEA Labels Mideast As Key Driver Of Electricity Demand Growth
...REGIONAL IEA Labels Mideast As Key Driver Of Electricity Demand Growth World electricity demand is set to increase by more than two-thirds over 2011-35, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency’s latest World Energy Outlook, published on 12...
Volume: 56Issue: 46Published at Fri, 15 Nov 2013 -
Saudi Crude Burning For Power Continues To Rise
...rget, it will struggle to keep pace with power sector demand. According to data given by Saudi Arabia to Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI), Saudi direct crude oil burning in power stations rose 3.7% to 779,000 b/d in the peak month of August from 751,000 b/d in August 2011 – although some an...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
MENA Pushing Solar As Climate Change Talks Start In Doha
...a substantial fall in costs, because of widening deployment and substantial oversupply. The agency’s World Energy Outlook 2012 envisages global solar PV capacity increasing from 67gw in 2011 to 600gw in 2035. Yet in 2035 solar PV will account for only 7.5% of global renewables capacity – half will co...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
Algeria Awards Ain Arnat Contract To Korean Firms
...mand growth of 12.3% a year between now and 2017. Sonelgaz noted that demand on the grid outstripped supply in August, with record demand of 10.06gw exceeding the 2011 peak by more than 14% (MEES, 27 August). Sonelgaz was forced to undertake load-shedding over the summer, particularly in the southeast, be...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
Iran Nuclear Plant Shut Down, UAE Gauges Impact Of Korea Safety Scam
...rrently on hold (MEES, 7 September). Iran Nuclear Power Plants Location Capacity (MW) Status Bushehr 1,000 Start-up September 2011. Reached full capacity September 20...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
Jordan Continuing Power Capacity Push With Alstom Awards
...contracted gas supplies from Egypt since the overthrow of the Husni Mubarak regime in January 2011. Alstom said the first contract involves the delivery of a GT13E2 gas turbine and associated spares for a new fast-track simple-cycle gas-fired plant being built by Metka at Zarqa, near ‘Am...
Volume: 55Issue: 46Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2012 -
MENA Solar Power Progressing In Small Steps
...derstanding (MOU) with Morocco’s Agency for the Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (Aderee) for the exchange of expertise in developing energy policy and regulation. DII is currently developing joint projects with Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. In May 2011, DII and Masen signed an MOU for a re...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012