1. 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: 68
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 12 Dec 2025
  2. 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: 68
    Issue: 42
    Published at Fri, 17 Oct 2025
  3. 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: 68
    Issue: 37
    Published at Fri, 12 Sep 2025
  4. 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: 68
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2025
  5. 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: 68
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 01 Aug 2025
  6. Iraq Turns To Turkey To Ease Electricity Shortages

    ...DED THEIR CONTRACTS IN 2017 SOURCE: IRAQ'S MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY, MEES.  ...

    Volume: 68
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 13 Jun 2025
  7. 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: 68
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 11 Apr 2025
  8. 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: 68
    Issue: 12
    Published at Fri, 21 Mar 2025
  9. 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: 68
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 07 Mar 2025
  10. 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: 68
    Issue: 08
    Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2025