Power & Water

Saudi officially plans to phase out power plant liquids-burn. But, with much of the country not connected to gas pipelines, oil-burn is here to stay. The kingdom has more oil-fired capacity under construction than the rest of the world put together.

Transmission firm OETC and one of four local distribution grid operators will be first to be partially privatized in a bid to inject capital and technology in Oman’s power sector. “Big players” are sought with officials valuing the assets at over $3bn. This looks highly optimistic.

Under new leadership, Lebanon’s energy ministry is drafting a power sector overhaul. With $11.5bn in aid pledges GE and Siemens eye key deals.

Tunisia on 12 March awarded six licenses to build 10MW solar PV parks. The awards, worth around TD125mn ($41mn),...

While the long-delayed Nawara project will give a much-needed boost to Tunisia's gas output from late-2019, Tunisia will still be reliant on Algeria for over half its demand.

Fifth phase of flagship MBR Solar Park will put Dewa more than halfway to its 5GW 2030 solar target.

Improved electricity provision is a national security necessity for Iraq, but amid political instability and a bureaucratic quagmire even...

Saudi private developer Acwa Power and investment firm Saudi Brothers Commercial Company (SBCC) have signed senior financing and hedging...

Abu Dhabi’s state owned renewables developer Masdar started out with solar developments at home. With high level political backing,...

Baghdad is desperately trying to end flaring and provide adequate fuel for powergen. But hitting its 3bn cfd 2022 sales gas target looks an impossible task.

Despite record gas volumes flowing to Iraq’s power stations in 2018, liquids burn also edged up. Fuel oil has largely replaced crude for powergen.

Saudi this week outlined plans for over 35 renewable parks with almost 60GW of capacity by 2030. The scale is eye-catching, nearly equivalent to current peak load.