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UAE Signs Nuclear Deal With Russia
...ntract between Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Russia’s Tenex for the UAE’s first nuclear power plant at Barakah. In August ENEC awarded nuclear fuel contracts worth a combined $3bn to six international firms. Beginning in 2014-15, Canada’s Uranium One and UK’s Rio Tinto will provide na...
Volume: 55Issue: 52Published at Fri, 21 Dec 2012 -
SWCC Awards Yanbu’ 3 Power Plant As Capacity Expansion Takes Shape
...at 55% of work had been done on the Ras al-Zour power and desalination project, for which contracts worth a combined SR15.7bn ($4.2bn) were awarded in November 2010. He said that electricity generation at Ras al-Zour was scheduled to start in April 2013, while desalination would begin in 2014. The Ra...
Volume: 55Issue: 51Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012 -
Aramco Prepares To Enter Saudi Power Market
...ll scale procurement of up to 3gw. “KACARE recognizes that first projects will be pioneers – the objective is quality, utility-scale plants, rather than a fixed megawatt target,” he said. The next two phases – bidding for the first round will start in 2014 – could take the total to 6....
Volume: 55Issue: 50Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2012 -
Qatar Launches Solar Program To Conserve North Field
...to its depletion is completed in 2014. Furthermore, Qatar faces a 10% drop in its associated gas production as crude output falls. Doha also has another interest in renewables – economic diversification. The Qatar Foundation’s joint venture Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec), is building a $1b...
Volume: 55Issue: 50Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2012 -
Saudi Crude Burning For Power Continues To Rise
...l from the Yanbu’ refinery in 2014. But its main source of fuel will continue to be gas. Saudi Aramco’s total wellhead output averaged 9.88bn cfd in 2011. The year-end peak of 11.2bn cfd roughly equates to 7.84bn cfd of sales gas assuming a 30% loss in processing – although not all went to power ge...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
Iran Nuclear Plant Shut Down, UAE Gauges Impact Of Korea Safety Scam
...ak and observed that the installation of cooling and moderator circuit piping was continuing. “During the DIV,” said the report, “Iran stated that the operation of the IR-40 reactor was now expected to commence in the first quarter of 2014.” Mr Albright said the Arak construction delay was widely an...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
MENA Solar Power Progressing In Small Steps
...scheduled for completion by 2014. Masdar has also developed three CSP plants in Spain, one of 20mw capacity and two of 50mw. Morocco is an early pace-setter in MENA solar, having committed to build the first of a number of plants intended to provide 2.0gw of power by 2020. The Mo...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012 -
Iraq Wakes Up From Power Shortage Nightmare
...ld a dominant position in Iraq’s Kurdish north (MEES, 28 September). In addition to the 500mw Najibiya power plant due on stream in 2014, and a 126mw facility specifically for the Lukoil-led West Qurna-2 oil field development, Turkish firm Enka is converting the 1,000mw Single Cycle Irbil power plant in...
Volume: 55Issue: 44Published at Fri, 26 Oct 2012 -
Wärtsilä-Led Group To Build Jordan Power Plant
...able a switch to natural gas “once the infrastructure for natural gas supply is in place.” The plant will be built at al-Manakher, 30km outside ‘Amman. It will be developed in three phases, with the first scheduled to come on-line in February 2014 and the entire plant to be operational by Se...
Volume: 55Issue: 43Published at Fri, 19 Oct 2012 -
Marafiq Extends Jacobs’ Project Management Contract
...C contract – reportedly worth $1.05bn – was awarded in early 2011 to South Korea’s Hanwha Engineering and Construction. Construction work began in March 2011 and project start-up is expected in 2014. The Yanbu’ 2 power plant will mainly run on heavy fuel oil, although it will also be able to use Ar...
Volume: 55Issue: 41Published at Fri, 05 Oct 2012 -
AES Jordan Secures OPIC Funding For New Power Plant
...080 7.5 18,733 7.8 2014 3,317 7.7 20,231 8.0 2015 3,...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012 -
Morocco Awards 160MW Solar Project To ACWA
...0mw concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Ouarzazate. Masen President Mustafa Bakkoury said that work on the project is scheduled to begin before year-end with a view to start-up by the end of 2014. He estimated the total investment requirement for the project at $1bn. He said that AC...
Volume: 55Issue: 40Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2012 -
Iraqi Electricity Industry Poised For 20,000MW Lift-Off
...nus Already Allocated + Mega Deal 2012-2017 $Bn 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 4....
Volume: 55Issue: 39Published at Fri, 21 Sep 2012