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Jazan IGCC Comes Into Focus As Saudis Streamline Their Power Options
...mprise five 800MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units. Yet Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas, on being awarded the Jazan IGCC utilities and off-site facilities in May 2014, cited the 2.4GW figure and also said the gasification unit would produce 50.64mn cmd of syngas. Shortly afterwards Italy’s Saipem wa...
Volume: 58Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015 -
MENA Nuclear Program Expanding, But Some Preliminary Schedules Sliding
...rst nuclear reactor before 2029. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, with plans for 16 reactors with combined capacity of 18GW to be brought online during 2022-32, has only recently announced its progress in preparing the required legislation for nuclear development (MEES, 10 October 2014). MENA NUCLEAR PO...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Turkey Plans To Double Renewables Capacity By 2023
...omoting clean coal technology. However, Turkey currently has 12.5GW of coal-fired capacity and is developing a 510MW coal-fired plant at Soma. Ankara also has two preliminary agreements for a further 8.32GW of coal-fired capacity (MEES, 19 December 2014). TURKISH POWER GENERATION OUTLOOK BY TE...
Volume: 58Issue: 08Published at Fri, 20 Feb 2015 -
Hyundai Awards Subcontracts For Abu Dhabi’s Mirfa
...rfa IWPP project in Abu Dhabi. Hyundai E&C, Hyundai Engineering and Italy’s Ansaldo are building the plant for Mirfa IWPP partners Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (ADWEC) and France’s GDF Suez, under a $988mn EPC contract (MEES, 11 July 2014). Atkins will provide civil design review an...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
UAE Targets Improved Efficiency ‘Throughout Electricity Value Chain’
...r capita energy consumption among the highest in the world, the emirates’ Ministry of Energy has set a target of improving energy efficiency by 30% by 2030 (MEES, 26 September 2014). Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and US electrical engineering giant GE have produced a wh...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Iran Starts Work On Qeshm Power/Desal Plant
...01-04, before the onset of sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Mapna recently started work on a 1GW gas-fired plant at Zanjan (MEES, 17 October 2014). Iran’s power generation capacity reached 70.03GW at the end of 2014, of which 70% is gas-fired. This requires an estimated 10.5bn cfd of gas fu...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Dubai Picks ACWA For Solar Expansion, Plans 200MW
...October 2013). The ACWA-led consortium was one of 10 selected by DEWA to bid for the project (MEES, 28 November 2014). Mr Tayir says the selection of ACWA and TSK was based on their “lowest recorded bid received for a solar PV IPP project” – 200MW capacity with a levelized cost of energy of $0....
Volume: 58Issue: 05Published at Fri, 30 Jan 2015 -
Egypt Plans 20GW Of Extra Coal Plants, 4.3GW Renewables
...nerating capacity reached 31.45GW at the end of 2014, according to MEES estimates. This includes 14.46GW of steam turbine capacity, configured to burn either oil or gas, as well as 13.51GW of gas-fired (combined cycle plus open cycle gas turbines) and a total 3.49GW of hydro and renewables. Mr Shakir sa...
Volume: 58Issue: 04Published at Fri, 23 Jan 2015 -
Morocco In 350MW Solar Awards As Part Of Diversity Plan
...rder with Algeria. The award of Noor 2 and Noor 3 follow the conclusion of financing agreements with international lenders in December. The World Bank is providing $519mn (MEES, 3 October 2014) and the African Development Bank a further €176mn (MEES, 19 December 2014). Morocco is pushing solar an...
Volume: 58Issue: 03Published at Fri, 16 Jan 2015 -
Saudi Arabia In 550MW Turbines Award; 2014’s 8.2GW Start-Ups Hike Output
...SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabia In 550MW Turbines Award; 2014’s 8.2GW Start-Ups Hike Output Gas output delays mean oil burning is likely to stay high. Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has selected turbines from US giant General Electric (GE) for the Dhuba-1 power plant, which will be the ki...
Volume: 58Issue: 02Published at Fri, 09 Jan 2015 -
MENA Power Survey: Generators Seek Fuel Diversity; Capacity Up 3.4% To 370GW
...REGIONAL MENA Power Survey: Generators Seek Fuel Diversity; Capacity Up 3.4% To 370GW Regional electricity generators raised total capacity by 3.84% to 372.1GW in 2014. GCC countries led the expansion through an increase of almost 4.5% over 2013, equivalent to 5.45GW of new capacity (se...
Volume: 58Issue: 01Published at Fri, 02 Jan 2015 -
Morocco Diversifies Power Sources
...s started up in June 2014. Tarfaya is Africa’s largest wind farm to date, comprising 131 turbines of 2.3MW capacity each. The farm is expected to achieve a load factor of 45%, high for a wind project. GDZ Suez says Tarfaya will contribute significantly to Morocco’s target of having 42% of in...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
Data Special: 2014 On Target For Record Gulf Oil Burn
...Data Special: 2014 On Target For Record Gulf Oil Burn Crude Oil Burn: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Set To Hit Record This Year (‘000 B/D) Fuel Oil Consumption: Saudi Arabia Set For Record (‘000 B/D) Total^ Gulf Oil Burn To Hit 1.5mn B/D For 2015 (‘000 B/D)...
Volume: 57Issue: 50Published at Fri, 12 Dec 2014 -
Turkey Advances First Nuclear Plant, Eyes New 4.4GW Project
...nd 2014 Kavakli 52 Wind 2014 Bakras* 23 Wind 2014 Samsun 600 Ga...
Volume: 57Issue: 49Published at Fri, 05 Dec 2014 -
Subsidies Limit Gulf Progress On Energy Efficiency
...nsumption figures, both in per capita terms and per unit of GDP (‘energy intensity’). The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its 2014 World Energy Outlook (WEO) released last week, says Middle Eastern primary energy intensity fell by almost 1.5% a year during 2010-13. Though this fall is welcome, it is lo...
Volume: 57Issue: 47Published at Fri, 21 Nov 2014 -
Turkey Backs Gas, Renewables; May Take Nuclear ‘In-House’
...4Q15. The Turkish Wind Energy Association says installed wind capacity amounted to 3.58GW at the end of September 2014. This was 926MW or almost 35% higher than at the end of August 2013. Wind capacity now accounts for more than 5% of Turkey’s power capacity. The association predicts Turkey’s wi...
Volume: 57Issue: 45Published at Fri, 07 Nov 2014 -
Iran Starts Work On 1GW Zanjan Plant
...xt five years. Zanjan Electricity Company head Ali Chehlamirani says the area’s demand peaked at 580MW in summer 2014, of which 73% was consumed in the industrial and agricultural sectors. New plants in Zanjan province are part of a Ministry of Energy plan to add 30GW of generating capacity na...
Volume: 57Issue: 42Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014 -
Egypt Eyes 2016 Start For 650MW Suez Plant
...w of 4.6bn cfd in July 2014 (see graph, MEES, 26 September). EEHC estimates Egypt’s electricity generating capacity at 30.8GW. Besides the Suez project, new capacity is also coming from the 1.95GW South Helwan thermal plant, under construction for startup in 2018. This will require 420mn cfd of ga...
Volume: 57Issue: 40Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2014 -
UAE Faces Power Capacity Shortfall, Targets Improved Efficiency
...stall seven power plants with total combined capacity of 9.47GW by 2021, a 33% increase on current installed capacity of 28.9GW (see table). However demand growth is set to outstrip this with current trends indicating consumption will rise 50% between 2014 and 2021 to hit 171TWh by the latter date. By...
Volume: 57Issue: 39Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014 -
Dubai Record Generation
....692TWh in the second quarter, compared with 9.739TWh in the same period last year.” Mr Tayir says DEWA also set a new generation record in 2Q14, delivering a peak of 6.845GW compared with 6.340GW in 2013, a rise of 8.0%. “Also,” says Mr Tayir, “the recorded consumption peak in Dubai in 2014 has reached 7....
Volume: 57Issue: 38Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014