1. Syria Signs Socar Gas MoU, While Israel Launches Airstrikes

    ...24). Restoring Syria’s electricity sector, which provided 24/7 service before the outbreak of civil war in 2011 but now manages just a few hours a day in many regions, is a key pillar of the new government’s social contract with the population. Turkey is certainly playing its part in helping the new le...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 29
    Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2025
  2. Iraq Turns To Turkey To Ease Electricity Shortages

    ...stem operator TEİAŞ continues to list allocated capacity at up to 300MW out to December 2025. There is also a second line linking Turkey’s Silopi to Kurdistan’s Zakho, but this has not been used since 2011, and attempts to restart the line in 2021 fell apart due to disagreements with Turkish energy tr...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2025
  3. UAE Nuclear Powergen Soars, As Saudi Seeks US Partnership

    ...5MW Bushehr-1 reactor in 2011, a decade after work on the plant had resumed in 2001 after being halted by the 1979 revolution (MEES, 7 September 2012). Bushehr-1 generates around 6TWh annually – around 15% of the UAE total (see chart) – but while Iran was a regional pioneer, plans for Russia’s Rosatom to...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 22
    Published at Fri, 30 May 2025
  4. Nuclear, Renewables Drive Abu Dhabi’s Gas-For-Power Demand To Fresh Lows

    ...u Dhabi and Fujairah increased by 6% last year to a record 108.5TWh. The continued growth in clean-power generation means that Ewec’s gas consumption fell for the seventh consecutive year to 1.67bn cfd, the lowest figure since 2011 (see chart 2). Ewec’s gas consumption is now down 680mn cfd from its 20...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 07 Mar 2025