Power & Water

Iraq’s gas-fired power plants lack feedstock, while the absence of an export route has hamstrung development of Kurdistan gas fields. The solution looks simple.

Iraq’s Electricity Minister Luay al-Khatteeb tells MEES of the extensive challenges – both technical and political – that Iraq’s new government faces as it desperately tries to reform the country’s war-stricken power sector.

Iraq’s Electricity Minister Luay al-Khatteeb tells MEES of the extensive challenges – both technical and political – that Iraq’s new government faces as it desperately tries to reform the country’s war-stricken power sector.

Gulf governments are pushing solar PV, including small-scale commercial and residential units. A new approach to financing is helping the expansion.

Dubai plans to seek partners for development of its first solar-powered desalination plant as part of a plan to...

The UAE’s seven emirates have historically run electricity and water through four separate authorities. New federal authority Ewec aims to change all that.

Iraq is sending record gas volumes to its powerplants. Coupled with increased fuel oil burning, this has seen the country’s crude burn fall to the lowest level in over a decade.

Tunisia will have to wait until at least late-2019 for its long-delayed 85mn cfd Nawara gas project to come...

After eight months of horse-trading, party bosses have finally formed a cabinet. MEES surveys the challenges as the new government looks to avoid crisis.

The Saudi energy minister’s ambitious plan to vastly reduce the burning of liquids fuels in power plants is a big ask. Can it be done?

The Saudi energy ministry’s Renewable Energy Project Development Office (Repdo) announced on 29 January that it is seeking expressions...

Germany’s Siemens has won a €200mn ($230mn) contract for gas and steam turbines for installation in the Duqm Integrated...