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Oman’s OPWP Targets 5% Efficiency Improvement In Power Generation
...nerating efficiency. Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) delivered 27.1TWh of electricity to customers in 2014, a rise of 13.6% over the 23.9TWh produced in 2013. The company’s current forecast sees Oman’s total peak electricity demand rising 85% by 2021, but warns that beyond 2019 gas av...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Awards Siemens €8bn, 16.4GW Powergen Deal
...st of Cairo (MEES, 20 March). Each plant will incorporate eight H-Class turbines, whose specification maximizes fuel efficiency at the expense of fuel flexibility. “The plants will add power to the grid in stages,” says Siemens. “Plans call for an initial 4.4GW to go online before summer 2014 an...
Volume: 58Issue: 23Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015 -
Saudi Generator Hikes Capacity By 6%, Fuel Flexibility The Key
...SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Generator Hikes Capacity By 6%, Fuel Flexibility The Key Saudi state generator SEC added 6% of new generating capacity last year, but saw consumption rise by 8%. New power plants brought online in 2014 were mainly steam turbine plants, able to burn both gas and oi...
Volume: 58Issue: 23Published at Fri, 05 Jun 2015 -
Egypt Seeks Funding For Coal Plant, Officially Inaugurates 2GW Of Capacity
...d supply system is a politically sensitive topic. On May 19 Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Minister of Electricity Muhammad Shakir inaugurated the 750MW Banha power plant near Cairo. However, two 250MW gas-fired turbines were completed in open-cycle mode in 2014, with the subsequent addition of...
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Jordan Taps Arab Fund For Power Expansion
...ojects. Last year the World Bank lent Jordan $221mn for a 117MW wind farm at Tafila, while the EBRD lent $25mn for a 24MW solar PV project at Ma’an (MEES, 24 October 2014)....
Volume: 58Issue: 21Published at Fri, 22 May 2015 -
Saudi Power Expansions: Not Only More Capacity, But More Efficient
...velopment in Saudi Arabia with a combined generating capacity of 23.85GW. These plants are scheduled to add almost 40% to Saudi Arabia’s current generating capacity – estimated by MEES at 61.87GW at the end of 2014 – by the end of 2018. But these are not the only capacity expansions under way. Saudi ge...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
Egypt Adds Power Ship To Short-Term Plan, Lines Up Loans For EEHC
...at declining natural gas production in Egypt has meant that many power plants have suffered fuel shortages since 2013. Cairo is currently planning how to prevent power blackouts during peak summer demand. Generating capacity is 31.45GW, but peak demand reached 28.25GW in summer 2014. Peak demand co...
Volume: 58Issue: 19Published at Fri, 08 May 2015 -
DEWA Urges Consumers To ‘Think Smart’ Under New Electricity Strategy
...an doubled from 2004 to 2014, from 3.23GW to 7.23GW. In 2014 peak demand was 9.7% higher than the 6.86GW in 2013. DEWA’s current generating capacity is 9.66GW, but peak demand could exceed this level in four years’ time at last year’s growth rate, if no capacity is added. Hence DEWA will build 2....
Volume: 58Issue: 18Published at Fri, 01 May 2015 -
Oman’s Forecasts 85% Power Demand Rise To 2021; Gas Shortage A Worry
...ectricity sharing agreement with state oil firm PDO (for 60MW) and has installed a 400MW link to the GCC supply grid (MEES, 28 November 2014). The GCC link is part of OPWP’s plans for “creation of a spot market for electricity trade in 2018,” which will initially increase competitiveness among suppliers in...
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
Turkish Parliament Okays Second Nuclear Project
...pacity comprises more than 40% of Turkey’s long-term power plan (MEES, 5 December 2014)....
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
Oman Expanding Desalination, Prepares Power Shake-Up
...88GW in 2014 to 10.24GW in 2020, while combined capacity of its two main grids – the Main Interconnected System (MIS) and Salalah – is currently 7.91GW (MEES, 11 April 2014). Meanwhile, peak water demand is expected to rise from 934,000 cmd in 2014 to 1.34mn cmd in 2020, whereas current desalination ca...
Volume: 58Issue: 15Published at Fri, 10 Apr 2015 -
Qatar Awards Desalination Project, Plans Strategic Storage
...ter project, at Umm Al Haul. This will have capacity to generate 2.4GW of electricity and desalinate 590,000 cmd of water and is scheduled for start-up in 2018 (MEES, 1 August 2014). Qatar’s power and water demand growth has averaged 10.3%/year in recent years. To maintain reliable water su...
Volume: 58Issue: 15Published at Fri, 10 Apr 2015 -
Can Algeria Live Up To Its Renewable Potential?
...m sales gas output. This appears to have risen further to around 38 bcm for 2014, with increased domestic power and petrochemicals consumption further cutting into exports. Plans to add 15.6GW of gas-fired power capacity (necessitating 20 bcm/year of gas according to MEES estimates) by end-2016 me...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
Jordan Gets Russian Backing For Nuclear Plans
...asibility study. Rosatom says these contractors will be selected through international tenders. Rosatom says the agreement requires it to supply nuclear fuel for Jordan’s planned NPPs and take the spent fuel back to Russia. JAEC and Rosatom signed a preliminary agreement in September 2014 to jointly de...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
Gas Shortages Send Algeria Back To The Steam Age
...ALGERIA Gas Shortages Send Algeria Back To The Steam Age Algeria’s 2014-16 power expansion will need 20 bcm/year of gas – over 25% of current output – pressuring squeezed supplies. For its latest additions Algeria is now looking to steam turbines, less efficient but able to run on li...
Volume: 58Issue: 13Published at Fri, 27 Mar 2015 -
Egypt Announces $43bn Powergen Plans As Part Of Epic Development Program
...pacity reached 31.45GW at the end of 2014. The electricity ministry has already awarded contracts to add 4.33GW of gas and oil fired capacity at new and existing sites and has announced plans to develop a further 31.48GW, including 23GW of coal-fired capacity (MEES, 23 January). It is largely unclear to wh...
Volume: 58Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2015 -
Bahrain’s 1.5GW Plans
...to the grid.” Bahrain currently has 4GW of generating capacity. It has six power stations, of which Al Dur is the largest. Bahrain also has a 600MW transfer capacity link to the GCC electricity grid (MEES, 28 November 2014). Demand reached a peak of 3.2GW in 2014, up from a 2.92GW high in 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2015 -
GE Hints At $2bn-Plus Egypt Megadeal
...mmer Egypt’s diesel and fuel oil demand reached records of 300,000 b/d and 241,000 b/d, respectively, as power generators sought alternatives to burning gas (MEES, 12 September 2014). Though Egypt has long-term plans to raise gas output, officially LNG imports are only seen as a temporary measure until 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 11Published at Fri, 13 Mar 2015 -
Turkey: CCGT Boost Takes Capacity Above 68GW
...jor new coal development is also envisaged. But, while Ankara has okayed the first nuclear plant, longer-term coal plans are still hazy (see right). Turkey’s recent powergen surge has included a major contribution from renewables – 800MW was added in 2014, taking Turkey’s wind capacity to more th...
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