Power & Water

Oil and gas-fired plants dominate recent Saudi power plant start-ups. But the kingdom's focus is belatedly, and ambitiously, shifting to renewables.

As Iraq's dominant Shia political groupings feel the wrath of protests, Saudi Arabia has spotted an opening to wean Baghdad away from Iran.

Completion of three megaprojects boosts Egypt’s total powergen capacity by more than a third. Cairo is finding success in funding renewables, coal and nuclear capacity.

2018 looks to be one of the worst years in decades for Iraq’s chronically mismanaged water sector, fueling major protests. New Turkish dams are partly to blame.

Siemens this week completed three 4.8GW gas-fired plants. With gas output rising to near-record levels, power cuts should now be a thing of the past.

Successive Iraqi governments’ failure to invest in electricity generation has resulted in another bout of mass unrest. History will likely repeat itself in the coming years too.

Abu Dhabi’s power generating capacity reached a record 16.62GW by the end-2017, which was 53% higher than the emirate’s...

PIF gains access to a successful project developer and Acwa gets funding opportunities.

Lebanon power generation is costly, dirty and wasteful, and comes nowhere near meeting demand for electricity. Modest investment would be huge, but the country’s political class has proven even less efficient than its power sector.

Istanbul-based Karadeniz Energy boasts the world’s largest fleet of powerships—a special purpose floating, mobile powerplant. Its fleet contains 16...

Muscat aims to raise its capacity by 4.7GW (56%) by 2024 to cope with a projected 49% increase in peak demand. Renewables and coal-fired capacity are projected to increase their energy-mix share, while gas-fuel demand should grow only 9%.

Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity is increasingly pushing ‘game-changing’ projects as it seeks to meet growing power demand while in...