1. Turkey Completes 900MW Gas Plant As Part Of Ambitious Capacity Expansion

    ...nd capacity grew by 15% in the first half of 2014 alone. Wind start-ups in the first half of 2014 came at 87 sites around the country, the ministry says; construction is under way at 39 more. While many of Turkey’s current wind projects are relatively large-scale – the biggest to date is 143MW Ba...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  2. Dubai To Spend $15Bn On 20% Capacity Hike By 2021

    ...UAE Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) chief executive Sa’id al-Tayir says DEWA’s capital budget for 2014-18 is Dh55.216bn ($15.03bn). DEWA plans to add three power plants totaling 1.9GW over the next five years raising DEWA’s total capacity by almost 20% to 11.56GW by the end of...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014
  3. Gulf States Eye Demand Management But Progress Slow

    ...mpared with current global thinking. The OECD’s International Energy Agency (IEA) says Middle East governments plan to spend a total $169bn on improving energy efficiency during 2014-35 (MEES, 6 June). Yet the IEA’s recent World Energy Investment Outlook warns that “energy prices are critical to de...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 01 Aug 2014
  4. Oman Ramps Up Plant Construction To Meet Rising Power Demand

    ...20. The company’s current seven-year outlook sees peak MIS demand reaching 9.13GW in 2020 and Salalah peak demand reaching 800MW (MEES, 11 April). 2014 Priorities OPWP says the 2GW Sur independent power producer (IPP) project is currently under construction and expected to be fully co...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 30
    Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2014
  5. Saudi Hikes Generation Capacity, Boosts Combined Cycle Usage

    ...airman Salih al-Awaji says the firm plans to spend SR500bn ($130bn) adding 21 power plants totaling 20GW through 2018. The company’s current projects pipeline totals 18.26GW by this date. CCGT generation figures for 2014 will likely be boosted by SEC’s completions of a 3.92GW plant at Qurayyah, in...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 27
    Published at Fri, 04 Jul 2014
  6. 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: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  7. 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: 57
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 27 Jun 2014
  8. Oman Seeks 2.6GW Capacity For MIS Grid

    ...S peak electricity demand is expected to hit 93% of installed capacity in 2016, before the 2.6GW of new capacity can be brought online. While a 2GW gas-fired IPP at Sur is due to be commissioned in the third quarter of 2014, OPWP is looking to extend existing power purchase agreements due to expire by...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 25
    Published at Fri, 20 Jun 2014
  9. Renewables: Turkey, UAE Make Progress But MENA Investment Lags

    ...REGIONAL/TURKEY/UAE Turkey and the UAE made their mark on the global renewables scene last year, according to Paris-based global renewable energy think-tank REN21. The agency’s Renewables 2014 Global Status Report says Turkey added the second largest amount of geothermal generating ca...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2014
  10. IEA Slams Weak Mideast Energy Efficiency; UAE And Saudis Step Up Efforts

    ...E and Saudi Arabia – major hydrocarbons resources holders as well as electricity generators – are leading the regional quest to tame surging energy demand. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reckons that global investment in energy efficiency will amount to $8 trillion during 2014-35. Of th...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 23
    Published at Fri, 06 Jun 2014
  11. Aramco Targets Energy Efficiency,

    ...gen 0.75 Gas 2014 3 Cogen Plants 0.90 Oil/Gas 2016 Shaybah Upgrade 0.24 Gas 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  12. 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: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  13. 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: 57
    Issue: 19
    Published at Fri, 09 May 2014
  14. Turkey Taps EBRD For Hydro Cash; Boosts Nuclear, Wind

    ...peline   Project MW Fuel Start-Up Egemer 900 Gas 2014 Kangal 44 Wi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 18
    Published at Fri, 02 May 2014
  15. Saudi Direct Crude Burn Plan Can Only Work Short-Term, Says FGE

    ...fferent story. In our view, it would require an extra 2-3bn cfd of gas to replace 500,000 b/d of direct crude burning.” During 2014 and 2015 new combined cycle plants will boost fuel oil consumption – demand growth is forecast at 11% in both years – as gas supply remains tight. Overall, FACTS expects fu...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 17
    Published at Fri, 25 Apr 2014
  16. Oman Hikes Desalination Plan In Line With Population Stats

    ...es peak water demand in the northern region – the Interconnected Zone (IZ: Muscat, al-Batinah, Buraymi, al-Dakhiliyah and al-Dhahirah governorates and Sohar industrial port) and Sur – increasing by 6%/year during 2014-20 to 1.177mn cmd (see table). This compares with earlier forecasts of 3-5%. Total an...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  17. Iran Power Supply Up 4.6%, Capacity Hits 70GW

    ...IRAN   Iran Power Supply Up 4.6%, Capacity Hits 70GW   Iran generated 265.96TWh of electricity in the Iranian year ending 20 March 2014, up 4.6% on 254.27TWh the previous year, according to Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian. Implied average daily consumption of 30...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 18 Apr 2014
  18. Oman Peak Demand To Double By 2020, Gas Burning Up 50%

    ...ll see gas burning rise by a comparatively modest 50% from 7.4 bcm in 2014 to 11.1b cm in 2020. As long as the country’s key upcoming upstream gas project, BP’s $16bn, 10 bcm/year Khazzan tight gas development, comes onstream as planned in 2017-18, power generation’s share of Oman’s gas output wi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 11 Apr 2014
  19. Saudi Arabia In Power Generation Efficiency Drive

    ...24 Gas 2014 U/C Jiddah South 2.80 HFO 2015 U/C Shuqaiq 2.64 HF...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 14
    Published at Fri, 04 Apr 2014
  20. Power Firms Face Water Shortages

    ...INTERNATIONAL   Power Firms Face Water Shortages   Growing demand for limited water is pressuring energy producers to seek alternative approaches, according to UN Water. Launching its World Water Development 2014 report on 22 March, the agency warns that global water demand wi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 28 Mar 2014