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MENA Coal Plans Supported By ‘Unrealistically Low’ Electricity Prices
...ty Utico/Shanghai Elec. 0.27 2016 1.28 Morocco Jerada Sepco III 0.32 2017 1.51 Tu...
Volume: 57Issue: 51/52Published at Fri, 19 Dec 2014 -
Turkey Advances First Nuclear Plant, Eyes New 4.4GW Project
...actor in 2017. Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Itochu Corporation and France’s GDF Suez and Areva were awarded a contract last year to build four 1.1GW nuclear plants at Sinop, with the first scheduled for start-up in 2023 (MEES, 10 May 2013). Long-Term Needs Turkey’s 9.2GW of ap...
Volume: 57Issue: 49Published at Fri, 05 Dec 2014 -
Dubai Solar Shortlist
...en completed in 2030. Phase-2 is slated for 2017 start-up. Phase-1, a 13MW capacity solar PV plant was connected to the Dubai grid in October 2013. Dubai aims to generate 5% of its electricity from solar plants by 2030, although gas will still be the main provider with 71%. While DEWA is keen to...
Volume: 57Issue: 48Published at Fri, 28 Nov 2014 -
MENA Coal-Fired Power Gathers Steam As Egypt Plans Major Project
...chnology. RAK’s existing capacity is gas or diesel-fired (MEES, 8 November 2013). Next online will be a 318MW plant at Jerada in Morocco, due to be commissioned in fourth quarter 2017 by China’s Sepco III. This is one of two coal fired projects in Morocco – France’s GDF Suez is building a 1.39GW plant at...
Volume: 57Issue: 46Published at Fri, 14 Nov 2014 -
Turkey Backs Gas, Renewables; May Take Nuclear ‘In-House’
...ojects either under development or planned due to raise this to 72.3GW by the end of 2017. Turkey’s total projects pipeline amounts to 22.3GW, including 9.2GW of nuclear and 8.8GW of additional coal-fired capacity from 2020 onwards. Gas, Wind And Geo The latest project to reach the construction st...
Volume: 57Issue: 45Published at Fri, 07 Nov 2014 -
Abu Dhabi Wraps Up Finance For Mirfa IWPP
...4GW nuclear plants at Barakah, due online in 2017-20. Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA, 80%) and France’s GDF Suez (20%) are targeting a phased start-up during 2016-17. Whether similar large-scale gas-fired capacity is sanctioned in the future may depend on UAE’s ability to so...
Volume: 57Issue: 45Published at Fri, 07 Nov 2014 -
IFIs Back Renewables In Southeast Mediterranean
...nk 26 100 Tafilalt solar PV 2017 Morocco World Bank 519 350 Noor 2 & 3 solar CSP 20...
Volume: 57Issue: 43Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014 -
Oman Turns To Wind To Cut Rural Generating Costs
...ights ranging from 120ms to 145ms and capacities of 2.0-3.2MW. The wind farm is expected to be developed by Masdar over 24 months, incorporating turbines from a leading global turbine maker and with local contractors having a “good share” of the project. Mr Magdheri anticipates start-up in early 2017...
Volume: 57Issue: 42Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2014 -
Iran Reveals Impact Of Bushehr Outages, UAE And Jordan Pass Nuclear Milestones
...anian contractors. The UAE’s nuclear program, meanwhile, appears to be on schedule to deliver one 1.4GW plant each year during 2017-20. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) says Korean contractor Kepco has poured first concrete for the reactor building of the Barakah-3 plant. Construction is ex...
Volume: 57Issue: 41Published at Fri, 10 Oct 2014 -
UAE Faces Power Capacity Shortfall, Targets Improved Efficiency
...e second phase of the Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktum Solar Park. This will have 100MW generating capacity and is scheduled for start-up in 2017. DEWA says the tender will close by the end of October. Meanwhile, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has authorized ENEC to begin bu...
Volume: 57Issue: 39Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2014 -
Morocco Wind Bids In
...% of existing capacity, which has been increased recently by UAE firm TAQA’s completion of a 700MW extension at the Jorf Lasfar plant. Other coal projects are a 318MW plant at Jerada, due online in 2016 and a 1.32GW plant at Safi, expected to be completed in 2017. Morocco 850mw Wind Bi...
Volume: 57Issue: 38Published at Fri, 19 Sep 2014 -
Turkey Completes 900MW Gas Plant As Part Of Ambitious Capacity Expansion
...Hydro 2016 Kirklareli 520 Gas 2016 Alpaslan II 280 Hydro 2017 So...
Volume: 57Issue: 36Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014 -
Abu Dhabi Capacity Hits 15.5GW With Shuweihat S3 Completion
...ez Environment are designing and building the plant, under a $988mn contract, with a phased start-up scheduled to take place in 2016-17 (MEES, 11 July). ENEC has contracted Korea’s Kepco to build the four nuclear plants, which are due online at a rate of one per year during 2017-20. ENEC says it is...
Volume: 57Issue: 36Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014 -
Oman IPP Qualifiers
...mpany specifies that 740MW of capacity should be operational for summer 2017 and the other 1.86GW for summer 2018. Three sites are being considered for the plants – at Ibri, Sohar and al-Suwayq. Future Plans OPWP is looking to award the contract under build-own-operate terms in early 2015. The ne...
Volume: 57Issue: 35Published at Fri, 29 Aug 2014 -
Jordan Eyes Rosatom Deal, As MENA Nuclear Plans Advance
...te characterization and environmental impact studies in May 2015 and preliminary safety analysis reports by December 2018. The agency is looking to receive a site permit from the government in 2015 and aims to secure a construction permit for the first of the plants in 2017, with a view to pouring fi...
Volume: 57Issue: 34Published at Fri, 22 Aug 2014 -
Noble And Delek To Sell Israeli Gas Fields
...om 19.5-30.4 trillion BTU in the first year to 25-43 trillion BTU by 2025. First gas is to be delivered between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2017, with DEFA thought to favor bids that stipulate an earlier start date (MEES, 18 April). Leviathan partners Delek and Noble have tabled a bid, alongside Vi...
Volume: 57Issue: 33Published at Fri, 15 Aug 2014 -
Dubai To Spend $15Bn On 20% Capacity Hike By 2021
...ke 51%, with the project company holding 49%. Hassyan-1 comprises two 600MW coal-fired plants due online in 2020 and 2021. Meanwhile, DEWA has started work on a 600MW expansion of M Station, for start-up in 2018, and aims to start up a 100MW solar plant in 2017 (MEES, 25 October 2013). Mr Tayir es...
Volume: 57Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014 -
Algeria Taps GE For 240MW Of Mobile Power
...09GW to 14.95GW (MEES, 27 June). GE says the Algerian government is “aggressively investing in the energy sector to boost power generating capacity” and estimates that electricity demand is growing by an average 14% a year, to reach 24GW by 2017. GE is not only a major supplier of turbines and ge...
Volume: 57Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014 -
Oman Ramps Up Plant Construction To Meet Rising Power Demand
...mpany has started the bidding process for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, with a start-up target of 4Q16. OPWP has also requested proposals for a 200,000 cmd IWP at Qurayyat, with a view to start-up in March 2017. OPWP has shortlisted sites in the Ibri, Sohar and Suwaiq re...
Volume: 57Issue: 30Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2014 -
Israel Secures Funds For 121MW Solar CSP Plant
...ncentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Israel. Total project cost is estimated at NIS2.9bn ($850mn). Plant completion is scheduled for early 2017. BrightSource will provide the heliostats and optical concentrating device, with Alstom undertaking engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as op...
Volume: 57Issue: 29Published at Fri, 18 Jul 2014