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Gas Shortages Send Algeria Back To The Steam Age
...62 bcm. And, not only is gas output stagnant, Algeria also has ambitious petchems plans. In view of of the worsening gas supply crunch, Algeria has opted for steam turbines for the additional 3.32GW of capacity it now says will be needed for 2017. The choice of technology indicates that Al...
Volume: 58Issue: 13Published at Fri, 27 Mar 2015 -
Egypt Announces $43bn Powergen Plans As Part Of Epic Development Program
...D) offshore project. This will involve the development of 5 tcf of gas and 55mn barrels of condensate in the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean blocks. BP says production from WND is due to begin in 2017, with gas output expected to reach 1.2bn cfd, and with all produced gas being fed into Eg...
Volume: 58Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2015 -
Bahrain’s 1.5GW Plans
...BAHRAIN Bahrain plans to add 1.5GW of generating capacity by end- 2017 in a second phase expansion of the Al Dur power and desalination plant on Bahrain’s east coast. Minister of Energy ‘Abd al-Husain Ali Mirza says that with demand growing by 5-6%/year more electricity generating ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2015 -
GE Hints At $2bn-Plus Egypt Megadeal
...geria deals as some of its largest ever contracts. The equipment supply part of the agreement covered six new combined cycle gas turbine plants, a new open cycle plant and two mobile power capacity projects, which will reach full capacity in 2017. Meanwhile, Sonelgaz (51%) and GE (49%) are bu...
Volume: 58Issue: 11Published at Fri, 13 Mar 2015 -
Turkey: CCGT Boost Takes Capacity Above 68GW
...a 22.25GW capacity program being built or planned in Turkey. By 2017 Turkish capacity is expected to reach 72.29GW, through the completion of a further 4.13GW of gas-fired, hydropower, renewables and coal-fired plants. Beyond that, the Ministry of Energy is pushing a major nuclear development pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 11Published at Fri, 13 Mar 2015 -
Qatar-Japan Consortium Targets Turkey Coal-Fired Power
...I is already building a 510MW coal-fired plant at Soma in western Turkey, which is scheduled to start up in 2017 (MEES, 21 March 2014). Turkey currently has 12.5GW of coal-fired capacity out of a total 67.6GW. Besides the Soma and Afsin-Elbistan projects, the Turkish government has also signed a pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 11Published at Fri, 13 Mar 2015 -
Jazan IGCC Comes Into Focus As Saudis Streamline Their Power Options
...exibility. Saudi Aramco has confirmed that the capacity of the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant being built at Jazan will be 4GW, with start-up in 2017-18. The plant is a key part, along with a 400,000 b/d capacity refinery, of a $20bn government program to develop one of the ki...
Volume: 58Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015 -
MENA Nuclear Program Expanding, But Some Preliminary Schedules Sliding
...at Iran’s nuclear program has a military element. UAE’s ENEC says that Barakah-1 is 61% complete and expected to start generating in 2017 as scheduled. Construction is underway on the second and third reactors, while the site is being prepared for the fourth. Kepco has completed construction of th...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Hyundai Awards Subcontracts For Abu Dhabi’s Mirfa
...d extend motor life. Mirfa will have a capacity of 1.6GW and 240,000 cmd. It is scheduled to be brought online in phases during 2016 and 2017. The power and desalination units will respectively incorporate CCGT and reverse osmosis technology. The plant will require a supply of 230mn cfd of ga...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Iran Starts Work On Qeshm Power/Desal Plant
...ectricity and desalinate 100,000 cmd of water. Start-up is scheduled for early 2017. The power plant will incorporate two gas turbines and a heat recovery steam generator, all manufactured by Mapna’s TUGA subsidiary. TUGA acquired gas and steam turbine technology from European manufacturers during 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 06Published at Fri, 06 Feb 2015 -
Dubai Picks ACWA For Solar Expansion, Plans 200MW
...rldwide.” Phase 2 will deploy solar photovoltaic (PV) technology and be operational by April 2017. DEWA’s solar park will have total capacity of 1GW when completed in 2030. The first phase of the park, a 13MW solar PV plant, was built by US firm First Solar and connected to the grid in October 2013 (MEES, 25...
Volume: 58Issue: 05Published at Fri, 30 Jan 2015 -
Egypt Plans 20GW Of Extra Coal Plants, 4.3GW Renewables
...esel ^2015 Suez EEHC 650 Oil 2016 Damietta West* EEHC 250 Gas 2017...
Volume: 58Issue: 04Published at Fri, 23 Jan 2015 -
Morocco In 350MW Solar Awards As Part Of Diversity Plan
...chnology and will have an installed capacity of 200MW. Noor 3 will comprise a central CSP tower and an array of heliostats, with total output capacity of 150MW. Noor 2 and Noor 3 are scheduled to start up in 2017, while Noor 1 is due online this year. Masen says that Noor 2 and Noor 3 will be de...
Volume: 58Issue: 03Published at Fri, 16 Jan 2015 -
Saudi Arabia In 550MW Turbines Award; 2014’s 8.2GW Start-Ups Hike Output
...-Khair (MEES, 2 January). PP12’s eight 7F.05 units are among 20 ordered earlier by SEC from GE. Twelve more will be delivered shortly for installation in the PP13 and PP14 plants, due online in 2017. Major power developments under way and planned in Saudi Arabia by end-2018 have combined ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 02Published at Fri, 09 Jan 2015 -
MENA Power Survey: Generators Seek Fuel Diversity; Capacity Up 3.4% To 370GW
...rbine (CCGT) plant. However, the gas squeeze has forced the UAE to pursue nuclear power, renewables and also coal. Central to the UAE’s planning are four 1.4GW nuclear reactors being built at Barakah in Abu Dhabi for start-up at a rate of one per year during 2017-20. Ras al-Khaimah’s Utico is building a 27...
Volume: 58Issue: 01Published at Fri, 02 Jan 2015 -
MENA Coal Plans Supported By ‘Unrealistically Low’ Electricity Prices
...ty Utico/Shanghai Elec. 0.27 2016 1.28 Morocco Jerada Sepco III 0.32 2017 1.51 Tu...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
Turkey Advances First Nuclear Plant, Eyes New 4.4GW Project
...actor in 2017. Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Itochu Corporation and France’s GDF Suez and Areva were awarded a contract last year to build four 1.1GW nuclear plants at Sinop, with the first scheduled for start-up in 2023 (MEES, 10 May 2013). Long-Term Needs Turkey’s 9.2GW of ap...
Volume: 57Issue: 49Published at Fri, 05 Dec 2014 -
Dubai Solar Shortlist
...en completed in 2030. Phase-2 is slated for 2017 start-up. Phase-1, a 13MW capacity solar PV plant was connected to the Dubai grid in October 2013. Dubai aims to generate 5% of its electricity from solar plants by 2030, although gas will still be the main provider with 71%. While DEWA is keen to...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
MENA Coal-Fired Power Gathers Steam As Egypt Plans Major Project
...chnology. RAK’s existing capacity is gas or diesel-fired (MEES, 8 November 2013). Next online will be a 318MW plant at Jerada in Morocco, due to be commissioned in fourth quarter 2017 by China’s Sepco III. This is one of two coal fired projects in Morocco – France’s GDF Suez is building a 1.39GW plant at...
Volume: 57Issue: 46Published at Fri, 14 Nov 2014 -
Turkey Backs Gas, Renewables; May Take Nuclear ‘In-House’
...ojects either under development or planned due to raise this to 72.3GW by the end of 2017. Turkey’s total projects pipeline amounts to 22.3GW, including 9.2GW of nuclear and 8.8GW of additional coal-fired capacity from 2020 onwards. Gas, Wind And Geo The latest project to reach the construction st...
Volume: 57Issue: 45Published at Fri, 07 Nov 2014