1. Algeria Awards $4Bn EPC Contracts For Six CCGT Plants

    ...ief Noureddine Boutarfa said the plants are required to begin operating in open-cycle mode in 2015 and to be completed for combined-cycle operation in 2017. Of the winning bids, only Samsung’s Mostaganem offer was the lowest in terms of price per kilowatt-hour (MEES, 2 August). Capacity Push Th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 51/52
    Published at Fri, 20 Dec 2013
  2. DEWA Plans $1.9Bn 2014 Projects Spend, Eyes Coal And Solar

    ...pected to be operational in 2017 (MEES, 25 October). More controversially, given growing environmental concerns in the region, Dubai has switched the fuel for its planned Hassyan independent power producer (IPP) project away from gas. Instead it plans to build a 1.2GW coal-fired plant, with the first of tw...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2013
  3. SEC Awards Revised Rabigh-2 IPP Project

    ...nounced on 2 December that it had become the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Rabigh-2. The company valued the EPC contract at $1.2bn and said the 2.1GW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant is expected to begin commercial operations in 2017. IPP Progress SEC’s IPP pr...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 49
    Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2013
  4. Hydrocarbons Remain Key To MENA Power Expansion

    ...nagement contract for PP13 and PP14 to Australia’s WorleyParsons. SEC plans to award engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the plants in 2014 with a view to 2017 start-up (MEES, 3 May). In September, Korea’s Hyundai awarded France’s Alstom a €170mn contract for four 720MW steam tu...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013
  5. Egypt Plans Nuclear Tender, UAE Progresses First Reactor

    ...clear plants over 2017-20 is a key component of an “energy portfolio that guarantees security of supply and dependable electricity,” UAE Minister of Energy  Suhail al-Mazrouei says. Speaking on 11 November at an Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) conference, Mr Mazru’i predicted UAE electricity de...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 47
    Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2013
  6. Algeria Completes 1.2GW Plant, Building 11.2GW New Capacity

    ...andards. GE sees Algeria’s peak demand rising by 14% a year, from 12GW now to 20GW by 2017. Mr Yousfi’s sense of urgency in tackling the capacity requirement was reflected by the recent securing of deals for six 1.4GW CCGT plants simultaneously. Further ahead, he has also announced a plan to build a 1GW nu...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 45
    Published at Fri, 08 Nov 2013
  7. Jordan Picks Rosatom For Reactor As MENA Nuclear Impetus Builds

    ...heduled for 2020, Sinop-1 for 2023. UAE 5.6GW 4 Two 1.4GW plants under construction at Barakah. One plant due online each year during 2017-20. Source: MEES....

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 01 Nov 2013
  8. Shuweihat S2 Inaugurated As Abu Dhabi Expects Demand Growth

    ...neration and is currently building four nuclear plants at Barakah with a combined generating capacity of 5.6GW. They are scheduled to be brought into operation during 2017-20 (MEES, 11 October). The emirate is also looking to build a 100MW waste-to-energy plant for start-up in 2016-17 (MEES, 27 Se...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 18 Oct 2013
  9. Nuclear: UAE Pushes Ahead, Iran Waits On Bushehr

    ...UAE/IRAN   Nuclear: UAE Pushes Ahead, Iran Waits On Bushehr   The UAE is making progress on 5.6GW of planned nuclear capacity set to come online during 2017-20. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) CEO Muhammad al-Hammadi told a 7 October Abu Dhabi public forum that the fi...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 41
    Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013
  10. Morocco’s ONEE Announces 2013-17 Electricity Plan

    ...Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) will spend MD112.3bn ($13.5bn) improving Morocco’s security of electricity supply over 2013-17. ONEE plans to raise Morocco’s generating capacity by almost 70% by 2017 (to 11.28GW). Of the 4.59GW of new generating capacity to...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2013
  11. Egypt Lines Up Power Loans

    ...ectricity Production Company. It will comprise three 650MW gas-fired generating units and will be able to burn heavy fuel oil during gas shortages. Egypt’s generating capacity is 24GW, and the government said in 2010 it needed to add 10.45GW of capacity by 2017. More recently the government has announced pl...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2013
  12. MENA Generators Pushing Non-Conventional Power Projects

    ...-75MW Ma’an Wind 12 companies prequalified   500MW Attarat umm Ghudrun Oil Shale Due online 2017   90...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 39
    Published at Fri, 27 Sep 2013
  13. Iran Plans New Nuclear Plants, But Bushehr Still Offline

    ...6GW 4 Two 1.4GW plants u/c at Barakah. One plant due on-line each year during 2017-20. Source: MEES...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 13 Sep 2013
  14. SEC Awards Shuqaiq Power Plant To Hyundai

    ...atement to the Saudi Stock Exchange, SEC said work on the project would begin immediately, with commissioning scheduled to begin in November 2016 and commercial operation to start in January 2017.   Hyundai said the Shuqaiq plant will incorporate the supercritical pressure technology being used in th...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 33
    Published at Fri, 16 Aug 2013
  15. Algeria: 8.4GW Boost

    ...ccessful bidders bring the gas turbines online in open cycle mode before summer 2015, with the installation of heat recovery steam generators to enable combined cycle operation to be completed by summer 2017.   Mr Boutarfa – currently under investigation with 15 other Sonelgaz managers for alleged co...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2013
  16. OPWP Sets Out Development Priorities, Reports 2012 Progress

    ...ntracts is due to expire in 2017, with a total of five due out of 12 existing deals due to expire by the end of 2020. The study is due for completion in 2013.   OPWP’s latest seven-year outlook foresees strong demand growth in its two main grids, with MIS peak demand rising by 9.5% a year to 8.1gw in...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 30
    Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013
  17. Iraq Faces Summer Power Crunch Despite Progress On $75Bn Mega-Plan

    ...wer infrastructure to 2017 with a total spend of $75bn to fulfil the plan of hitting a total capacity of 42gw by 2030 (MEES, 21 June).   “We start [new capacity] every month. We add one project to generation,” Mr Ali says. “By July, we will reach maybe 11.5gw, with the imported power.” Peak de...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2013
  18. IEA Sees ‘Significant Potential’ For Solar Power In Middle East

    ...nd capacity and plans to develop 2.8gw of CSP and 700mw of PV capacity by 2017. Turkey currently has 24.2gw of renewables capacity, dominated by 21.0gw of hydropower. The IEA expects Turkey’s total renewables capacity to reach 35.7gw in 2018.   Global Picture The IEA says global power ge...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2013
  19. Kuwait Ponders Long-Term Power Fuel Supply Options: MEES Analysis

    ...art-up at 60,000 b/d in 2017, and ramping up to 270,000 b/d by 2030.   Another project included in the 4mn b/d target is the 500,000 b/d Wafra field development (Kuwait’s share is 250,000 b/d) in the Neutral Zone, which Kuwait shares 50:50 with Saudi Arabia. But the Chevron-led project has sl...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 14 Jun 2013
  20. SEC In Talks With ACWA After Rabigh-2 Fuel Switch

    ...ter the project’s economics. It could also threaten the schedule – SEC had brought forward the completion date to 2016, but when it chose the ACWA-led consortium as first-ranked bidder, the  planned completion date was put back to 2017 (MEES, 18 January).   SEC awarded the 1.8gw capacity Ra...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 14 Jun 2013