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Morocco Generates Gas Sector Momentum
...ni Mathar and 385MW Tahaddart) until 2021, the kingdom had been looking to reduce its reliance on imports from its rival neighbor (MEES, 30 June 2017). The latest LNG import infrastructure plans, as well as the planned output from Tendrara, are part of a national strategy to diversify energy su...
Volume: 68Issue: 50Published at Fri, 12 Dec 2025 -
ENEC Speaks with MEES About Abu Dhabi’s Game-Changing Barakah Nuclear Plant
...is is just the beginning for ENEC to deliver even more value for the UAE by supporting the global civil nuclear sector. 1: ABU DHABI’S EWEC GAS FEEDSTOCK REQUIREMENTS FALL 30% FROM THEIR 2017 PEAK DESPITE OVERALL GENERATION SOARING (TWh) 2: ABU DHABI ‘CLEAN’ POWER GENERATION (TW...
Volume: 68Issue: 42Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2025 -
Europe Probes Second Cyprus-Linked EU-Funded Energy Project
...ate relies on burning fuel oil for power; oil burn accounted for 75% of its power generation last year, with renewables contributing 25%. Cyprus opposition party Akel’s Stefanos Stefanou told lawmakers earlier this month that Cyprus has racked up a €1.3bn ($1.5bn) bill to the EU since 2017 fo...
Volume: 68Issue: 37Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2025 -
Acwa Power Secures 800MW Solar PV Projects In Morocco
...and CSP technologies in a ‘game-changing’ hybrid model (MEES, 23 June 2017). The 800MW project was awarded back in May 2019 to Abu Dhabi state renewables giant Masdar in partnership with France’s EDF Renewables and local firm Green of Africa (MEES, 31 May 2019). But over five years later, li...
Volume: 68Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2025 -
Abu Dhabi’s Ewec Eyes New Era Of Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Power
...3Q 2026. Ewec is also tendering for the 273,000 m³/d Saadiyat Island RO plant, which it hopes to bring online in 2027. 1: ABU DHABI’S EWEC GAS FEEDSTOCK REQUIREMENTS FALL 30% FROM THEIR 2017 PEAK DESPITE OVERALL GENERATION SOARING (TWh) 2: ABU DHABI ‘CLEAN’ POWER GENERATION (TWh): OUTPUT HA...
Volume: 68Issue: 31Published at Fri, 01 Aug 2025 -
Iraq Turns To Turkey To Ease Electricity Shortages
...DED THEIR CONTRACTS IN 2017 SOURCE: IRAQ'S MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY, MEES. ...
Volume: 68Issue: 24Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2025 -
Egypt Eyes Summer Power Needs, Looks To Limit LNG Spending
...asing their FSRUs, but with the deal to take the Energos Power seemingly close, those talks have not progressed. EGYPT LNG *IMPORTS BY ORIGIN: Q1 IMPORTS RISE TO 1.10MN TONS, HIGHEST FIRST QUARTER SINCE 2017 AS US REMAINS TOP SUPPLIER BY SOME DISTANCE (MN TONS) *IMPORTS ZERO 4Q18-1Q24. SO...
Volume: 68Issue: 15Published at Fri, 11 Apr 2025 -
Kuwait Seeks Chinese Help With Solar Expansion
...untry’s power generation , just 0.16TWh for 2024 (see chart 1). The park’s current facilities were commissioned in stages from 2017 to 2019 to serve as a test bed for deploying renewable energy technologies in Kuwait, with the government planning to expand Shagaya to 4.5GW through multiple phases (MEES, 28...
Volume: 68Issue: 12Published at Fri, 21 Mar 2025 -
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 2017...
Volume: 68Issue: 10Published at Fri, 07 Mar 2025 -
Egypt Gas Demand Edges Up As Record Israel Supplies Make Up For Output Slump
...4,000 b/d in August before easing to end the year at 63,000 b/d for December (see chart 4). On an annual basis, 2024’s fuel oil consumption of 116,000 b/d was level with 2022 as the highest since 2017. *Whilst fuel oil provided a short-term fix, longer term Cairo sees expanding renewables capacity as...
Volume: 68Issue: 08Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2025 -
Algeria Renewables: Set For Take-Off At Last?
...llowing six years, the majority off-grid rooftop solar, a figure which was smaller than the shrinking of Algeria’s hydropower capacity. As a result, the end-2023 renewables figure of 601MW was below 2017 levels (see chart). But the country has major renewables ambitions, targeting 15GW capacity by 20...
Volume: 67Issue: 41Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2024 -
Cairo Plans Bumper Winter LNG Imports But Power Cuts May Return
...RU, saw imports of 505,000 tons, the highest monthly figure since 2017. Presuming that the full 20 cargoes unload by the end of September this implies total Q3 import volumes of 1.4mn tons, the highest figure since 3Q 2017 (see chart 1). GAS OUTPUT: FROM BAD TO WORSE Egypt’s ga...
Volume: 67Issue: 37Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2024 -
Neom’s Sustainable Power & Water Plans: Enowa CEO Speaks With MEES
...wn with MEES to discuss the project. The region of Neom is one of the most prominent symbols of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. First announced by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in 2017 as “the land of the future, where great minds and talents can create ground-breaking ideas and think outside the bo...
Volume: 67Issue: 31Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2024 -
Powering The UAE’s Northern Emirates
...ound 14TWh over 2017-2020, it began climbing sharply in 2021 and last year’s 7% increase pushed it to a record 17.99TWh. At the same time, peak demand has also been on a sharp upwards trend, hitting 3.5GW in 2023 (see chart 2). As with elsewhere in the Gulf, demand is highly seasonal: the record of 3....
Volume: 67Issue: 25Published at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 -
IEA Backs Mena Renewable Surge After Late Start
...nstruction 600MW Al Shuaibah plant holding the record of just US¢1.04/kWh since 2021 (MEES, 16 April 2021). After previous false starts, the launch of Saudi Arabia’s National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) with its first tender in 2017 laid the foundations for the kingdom’s ambitious solar and wind po...
Volume: 67Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2024 -
Power Surge: Saudi Arabia’s Electricity Demand Soars To New Heights
...vernment statistics, including strong gains of 7.3% growth in transportation and 7% in hospitality. Last year’s 5% rise in power consumption was the highest annual growth figure since 2017, while the surge in peak demand from 65.3GW to 70.6GW was the biggest annual increase since 2015 (see ch...
Volume: 67Issue: 12Published at Fri, 22 Mar 2024 -
Kuwait Seeks To Reboot Stalled Power Projects
...at instance bidders were assessed throughout late-2016 and early 2017, only for the whole process to fall apart in mid-2017 after PPP laws were amended. By mid-2019, KAPP and the Ministry had re-configured the main planned feedstock for Khairan from very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) to natural ga...
Volume: 67Issue: 01Published at Fri, 05 Jan 2024 -
Egypt Blackouts Led By Heatwave, Gas Shortages
...capacity installed in 2018 key to transforming Egypt’s fortunes (MEES, 27 July 2018). These plants were brought online as Cairo’s own gas output was undergoing a resurgence thanks to the December 2017 start-up of the giant 21.5tcf Eni-operated Zohr gas field. Zohr supplies enabled Egypt to ha...
Volume: 66Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2023 -
Adnoc Awards Key Contracts For Handling Increased Gas Output
...nterpiece of Adnoc’s gas operations, and is central to its expansion plans. Adnoc Gas operates legacy facilities with 4.75bn cfd combined capacity, while the 1.34bn cfd Habshan 5 plant was inaugurated in 2017, bringing total capacity at the complex to 6.09bn cfd. Petrofac says that “comprising three gas co...
Volume: 66Issue: 27Published at Fri, 07 Jul 2023 -
Egypt Power Consumption Hits Record 167TWh For 2022
...modern CCGT capacity and the giant Zohr gas field in 2017-18 made such power shortages a thing of the past (MEES, 3 August 2018). However, today’s capacity surplus is less robust than it seems: an increased reliance on intermittent renewables generation, often located far from population centers, pr...
Volume: 66Issue: 12Published at Fri, 24 Mar 2023