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Egypt Power Capacity Boost Gathers Steam
...eks to diversify its fuel mix. SAUDI CABLE DEAL EEHC says the government will this summer sign a contract with Saudi Arabia for a transmission cable linking the Egyptian and Saudi grids “to start provisional operation in July 2017.” The grid link will comprise 1,320km of twin 3GW capacity ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 26Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Completes Smaller Power Plants Amid Major Capacity Hike
...ntract will be €1.6bn, the company adds. Elsewedy, whose Beni Suef project is also valued at €2bn, says its share of the deal will be worth €785mn. The company says the plant will begin delivering electricity by the summer of 2017, with project completion expected within 38 months of financial cl...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Egypt’s Taqa Plans To Double Capacity To Help Cairo Bridge Power Shortage
...oject is part of the government’s plans to supply 20% of power from new and renewable sources by 2020. Cairo plans to increase PV and wind capacity to 4.3GW by 2017. The ministry of electricity has approved the provision of land, and Taqa has been cleared to carry out preliminary studies and outline th...
Volume: 58Issue: 25Published at Fri, 19 Jun 2015 -
Oman’s OPWP Targets 5% Efficiency Improvement In Power Generation
...0 2017 Dhofar Wind 50 2017 Salalah 2 IPP 445 2018 Ibri & Sohar 3 IPP 2,...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Awards Siemens €8bn, 16.4GW Powergen Deal
...ll also build a rotor blade manufacturing plant at Ain Sukhna, for start-up in the second half of 2017. Siemens says the orders expand on the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) announced at the Egypt Economic Development Conference in Sharm El Sheikh in March. The original MOUs were for 6.4GW of ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 23Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015 -
Qatar Awards Umm Al Haul Power/Water Plant As Part Of Major Capacity Hike
...de it the world’s leader in LNG and gas-to-liquids (GTL) production. Economic growth is expected to continue, with ambitious plans including the hosting of the 2022 football World Cup. The Umm Al Haul plant is scheduled to start up in 2017. Kahramaa is also studying proposals for a 2GW/655,000 cm...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015 -
ACWA Awarded Concession For Egypt Renewables
...0mn, while a 50MW solar plant at Binban near Aswan is priced at $90mn. ACWA country manager Hassan Amin says the projects are scheduled for completion in early 2017. ACWA has signed a number of preliminary agreements for major Egyptian electricity investments in recent weeks. The company has si...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015 -
Egypt Seeks Funding For Coal Plant, Officially Inaugurates 2GW Of Capacity
...s 38 Suez (2016) 0.65 Oil 23.8 Damietta West* (2017) 0.25 Gas 29...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Saudi Power Expansions: Not Only More Capacity, But More Efficient
...,700 b/d of Arabian Light crude oil. The upgrade involves the addition of four HRSGs and one steam turbine and is due for completion in early 2017. Amec Foster Wheeler says the upgrade will add 147MW of capacity “without increasing the fuel consumption.” Amec Foster Wheeler is also supplying six HRSGs fo...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
Egypt: Solar Ambitions Soar, But Like Icarus?
...cently NREA awarded Spain’s Gamesa a €220mn turnkey contract to build a 220MW wind farm at Gulf of El-Zayt on the western Red Sea coast. This too was first proposed in 2010, but is now due to start up in 2017 (MEES, 24 April). EGYPT’S RECENT RENEWABLES DEALS (GW) Co...
Volume: 58Issue: 19Published at Fri, 08 May 2015 -
DEWA Urges Consumers To ‘Think Smart’ Under New Electricity Strategy
...0 Total 9,656 470 Planned Additions Solar Park 2 (2017) 200 Jebel Ali M Expansion (20...
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
Aramco Secures Jazan Feedstock; More Saudi Projects Planned
...16 Rawec Exp (Rawec) 0.16 5 2016 Shuqaiq (SEC) 2.64 80 2017 PP13 (SE...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Gamesa On For Egypt Wind Farm
...EGYPT Gamesa On For Egypt Wind Farm Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has awarded a €220mn turnkey contract to Spain’s Gamesa for the 220MW Gulf of El Zayt wind farm on the western Red Sea coast. Gamesa says that the plant is expected to start up in 2H 2017. Gamesa wi...
Volume: 58Issue: 17Published at Fri, 24 Apr 2015 -
Oman’s Forecasts 85% Power Demand Rise To 2021; Gas Shortage A Worry
...mbined capacity of 2.85-3.15GW (see p3). OPWP says early power from Ibri is targeted for 2018, while full power at both sites is anticipated in 2019. Also in MIS, OPWP expects to extend the power purchase contracts for 271MW Al Kamil and 427MW Barka 1 from 2017 and 2018 respectively to 2020, while re...
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
Turkish Parliament Okays Second Nuclear Project
...proval. The Japanese/French consortium hopes to begin construction at Sinop in 2017. Turkey has also opened talks with US nuclear contractor Westinghouse and Chinese state firm SNPTC for another four-reactor nuclear project at an undisclosed location. This would have four 1.11GW units. Nuclear ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
New Projects And Policies Cementing Solar Role In UAE Power Generation
...MW first phase already in operation since 2013 and a 200MW second phase, which is being built by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Spain’s TSK for start-up in 2017 (MEES, 30 January). While DEWA’s appetite for solar is expanding, Abu Dhabi’s seems to have waned. Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Au...
Volume: 58Issue: 15Published at Fri, 10 Apr 2015 -
Oman Expanding Desalination, Prepares Power Shake-Up
...-year water purchase agreement with Qurayyat Desalination Company. The project firm is owned 85% by Hyflux and 15% by local firm Modern Channels Services. The agreement is for the supply of up to 200,000 cmd of drinking water over the period 2017-37. Qurayyat lies east of Muscat on the Gulf of Om...
Volume: 58Issue: 15Published at Fri, 10 Apr 2015 -
Can Algeria Live Up To Its Renewable Potential?
...pacity for start-up in 2017 suggest that gas availability is a key concern (MEES, 27 March). Notwithstanding the increased role of renewables, Algeria will still need to find more gas to run additional capacity. Gas fuels 77% of current electricity generation capacity. If Algeria could reduce the gas co...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
Jordan Gets Russian Backing For Nuclear Plans
...r Iranian construction. UAE 5.6 4 3x1.4GW plants being built at Barakah, site preparation under way for fourth. ENEC seeking operating licenses for Barakah-1 and -2. Plants due online 2017-20. Tu...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
UAE Nuclear Plans Advance
...aceful nuclear energy program,” says ENEC chief executive Muhammad al-Hammadi. “The on-time submission of this operating license application is a crucial milestone in our journey to becoming fully operational in 2017.” ENEC has contracted Korea’s Kepco to build four 1.4GW NPPs at Barakah and to bring on...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015