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Kuwait Ponders Long-Term Power Fuel Supply Options: MEES Analysis
...rrently has 14.56gw of power generation capacity. It has no major medium-term plans for renewable energy, and the amir has cancelled tentative plans to build nuclear plants, following Japan’s March 2011 Fukushima disaster. The power plant slated to next come onstream is al-Zour, which has been th...
Volume: 56Issue: 24Published at Fri, 14 Jun 2013 -
MENA Renewables Sector To Continue ‘Massive’ Growth, Says Irena
...newables Report says regional investment topped $2.9bn in 2012, up 40% from 2011. “With over 100 projects under development,” said Irena, “the region could see a 450% increase in non-hydro renewable energy generating capacity in the next few years.” MENA governments have announced additional non-hydro re...
Volume: 56Issue: 24Published at Fri, 14 Jun 2013 -
Algeria In $96Bn Facilities Spend
...port. The company invested AD233.2bn ($3.07bn) in 2012, up 8.3% on 2011. Sonelgaz generated a total 54.09 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2012, said APS, up 10.7% on 2011. Sonelgaz says Algeria’s total generating capacity rose to 12.977gw by end-2012 from 11.392gw at end-2011. The company no...
Volume: 56Issue: 24Published at Fri, 14 Jun 2013 -
Saudi-Egypt Power Link Deal Signed, But GCC Grid Usage ‘Minimal’
...en Oman was connected (see map). But whilst the GCC grid has achieved its primary objective of increasing cross-border electricity supply –unscheduled power exchange doubled from 2010 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2012, according to GCCIA CEO Ahmad al-Ibrahim – traded energy fell to zero in 2012 after a fl...
Volume: 56Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2013 -
Oman Reviewing Electricity Policy, Targeting Efficiency
...ectricity Intensity (Megawatt-hours per user account) 2005 2011 % Change Residential 12.8 16.3 27 Industrial 1,561.50 4,074.90 161 Co...
Volume: 56Issue: 19Published at Fri, 10 May 2013 -
KACARE Outlines Saudi Electricity Energy Source Scenario
...d-2022. In June 2011 KACARE said it plans to build 16 nuclear power plants at an expected cost of more than SR300bn ($80bn). The World Nuclear Association (WNA) says that Riyadh has already set up a national atomic regulatory authority. It adds that “a nuclear cooperation agreement with France in early 2011...
Volume: 56Issue: 18Published at Fri, 03 May 2013 -
Saudi Aramco Boasts Growing Solar Prowess, Eyes Geothermal
...nior energy figures in the Kingdom are growing more frequent as the fuel problems intensify. The IMF estimated in 2011 that Saudi Arabia spends about 20% of its GDP supporting subsidies, including fuel subsidies. This proportion has continued to grow as subsidized prices in turn fuel ever hi...
Volume: 56Issue: 22Published at Wed, 01 May 2013 -
Egypt Rejoins MENA Nuclear Pursuit, Iran Plans Two New Bushehr Plants
...perimental reactor in Anshas.” The announcement revives a 2007 plan, postponed by the interim government following the February 2011 revolution. Egypt set up its Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) in 1976 and selected Dab’a, 250km west of Alexandria, as the site of its first nuclear plant. It al...
Volume: 56Issue: 17Published at Fri, 26 Apr 2013 -
DEWA Inaugurates UAE’s Largest Power And Desalination Plant
...onomic growth in Dubai. In 2012 electricity production capacity increased by 10.6% compared to 2011.” DEWA said the M Station incorporates six 234mw gas turbines, three 218mw steam turbines, eight 17.5MIGD multi-stage flash (MSF) distillation units, six heat recovery boilers, two 370 tons/hour du...
Volume: 56Issue: 15Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2013 -
UAE Makes Progress On Nuclear Plant, Iran’s Bushehr Off-Line
...nce it started operation in September 2011. The latest shutdown, which began in February, is for repairs to the turbine generator. The plant had only been operating for about a month, following a protracted outage for repairs after debris was found in the reactor housing. Atomic Energy Or...
Volume: 56Issue: 13Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013 -
Algeria Looking To Generate Extra 2.8GW This Summer
...turning late from maintenance, which reduced availability to 83% of installed capacity. Mr Yousfi estimated Algeria’s total electricity generating capacity at 11.39gw at the end of 2011, of which 8.50gw was operated by state generator Sonelgaz and 2.89gw by independent generators. He did not detail th...
Volume: 56Issue: 13Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2013 -
ADWEA Studying Bids For Al-Mirfa IWPP
...rt of the Al-Mirfa IWPP project (MEES, 14 May 2012). ADWEA is currently developing the Shuweihat S3 independent power project (IPP) 250km west of the city of Abu Dhabi, alongside the Shuweihat S1 and S2 plants. A power purchase agreement was signed in February 2011 by ADWEC and Shuweihat As...
Volume: 56Issue: 11Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2013 -
EMAL Awards Generator Contracts To GE
...e end of 2014. The expansion is expected to cost $4.5bn, and will make EMAL one of the largest single-site producers of primary aluminium in the world (MEES, 1 August 2011). EMAL is a 50:50 joint venture between the Abu Dhabi government investment and development company, Mubadala, and Dubai Al...
Volume: 56Issue: 11Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2013 -
Iran Shuts Down Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Progressing Arak
...clear firms and started up in September 2011, is expected to be off-line until at least 28 February. It was only recently restarted after a shutdown following the discovery of debris in the reactor housing (MEES, 18 January). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) noted in a report circulated am...
Volume: 56Issue: 09Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2013 -
Renewables To Spearhead Multi-Billion Dollar Moroccan Capacity Drive
...igibility for a $6.3bn Precautionary and Liquidity Line arrangement over two years. And last September the African Development Bank approved $800mn in loans for the country’s solar and wind power sectors. Planned 2020 renewables capacity is almost equal to Morocco’s 2011 capacity of 6,377mw. Five pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 07Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2013 -
SEC Revises IPP Program To Add Second Dhuba Plant, Adjust Timings
...52gw Jiddah South-2 plant, intended for start-up in 2020. Dr Alawaji estimated that Saudi Arabia had a total available power capacity of 53gw and a peak load of 47.3gw to date. He expected electricity demand to grow by 7.6% a year in 2011-15 and 4.7% a year during 2016-20, and predicted that de...
Volume: 56Issue: 06Published at Fri, 08 Feb 2013 -
Omani Gas, Power Sector At The Crossroads
...al is to create economic growth and jobs. Electricity Generation 2011 Source: Ministry of National Economy. Power Demand Rising In the short and medium term Oman continues to build gas-fueled power plants to meet demand that is rising at 7-8% per year – total po...
Volume: 56Issue: 05Published at Fri, 01 Feb 2013 -
MENA Steps Up Desalination Capacity Expansion
...2011-16. With Saudi Arabia using about 1.5mn b/d of crude oil to power desalination plants, the report noted that an alternative energy source was already being studied. A solar powered desalination plant – “the first large scale renewable desalination plant” – is being built at al-Khafji under an IB...
Volume: 56Issue: 05Published at Fri, 01 Feb 2013 -
DEWA Reports ‘Remarkable’ 2012 Capacity Increase
... UAE DEWA Reports ‘Remarkable’ 2012 Capacity Increase Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported on 28 January a 10.6% increase in installed power generating capacity in 2012, rising to 9.646gw from 8.721gw in 2011. Desalinated water production ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 05Published at Fri, 01 Feb 2013 -
SEC Profits Up 20% In 2012
... SAUDI ARABIA SEC Profits Up 20% In 2012 Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) announced on 20 January that it made a profit of SR2.563bn ($683mn) in 2012, compared with SR2.123bn ($566mn) in 2011. Dividends for the year were SR0.62 ($0.17) per share in 2012 compared wi...
Volume: 56Issue: 04Published at Fri, 25 Jan 2013