Power & Water

With geopolitical tensions ramping up in the Gulf between Tehran and the US, MEES runs the rule over Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Libya’s state power firm Gecol is battling to stop blackouts amid a destructive battle for Tripoli. A 640MW plant in the Sahara town of Ubari is the only near-term start up.

Algeria’s Electricity & Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) says that only eight out of 93 companies requesting tender documents...

Lebanon's new energy minister Nada Boustani talks exclusively to MEES on her plans to ease the country's power woes and boost offshore exploration.

Dewa is targeting 42GW 'clean and renewable' generating capacity by 2050. Massive solar projects are underway. But nuclear and coal are also in the mix.

Tunisia is this month adding 600MW of gas-fired capacity to its aging fleet. This may be enough to avoid outages but it will add to the country's gas import bill.

Norway’s Scatec Solar has started commercial operation of its third 65MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Benban Solar...

Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Works signed a $100mn deal this week with Yemen’s...

Libya gas output has been on the slide since 2013’s record 1.79bn cfd. New gas-hungry power plants since 2010 have driven up consumption leaving less to export.

The two gas-fired power plants totaling 3.2GW that Oman is starting up this year will be the last of their kind despite the sultanate seeing an upstream gas renaissance.

Norway’s Scatec announced on 2 June the commercial operation of its second 65MW solar photovoltaic (PV) unit at the...

Morocco has contracted an EdF-led consortium to build a hybrid PV-CSP solar plant, combining PV’s low cost with CSP’s after-dark operability.