Power & Water

Saudi Arabia has not yet allowed international inspectors at a soon-to-open research reactor. Qatar is questioning the safety of UAE nuclear power plans.

Saudi has almost ended liquids burn in Eastern Province. The recently-completed expansion of the country’s gas pipeline network is spreading the gains.

Saudi crude exports as a percentage of overall production fell to the lowest level since late-2017 in February. Crude...

Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) has lined up US firm General Electric (GE) to build the first of two combined...

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Norway’s Scatec Solar has begun commercial operation of a 65MW solar plant in the Benban solar park being built...

Lebanon is hedging its gas bets, launching a bidding round for five offshore blocks as it looks to finalize a major LNG import tender.

The UAE’s Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (Sewa) has awarded Japan’s Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPC) and Egypt’s Elsewedy...

Rapid recent progress at the 1.8GW-capacity Benban solar park in southern Egypt could see online capacity top 1GW by end-2019, up more than 30-fold on the end-2018 figure. But lower tariffs for developers threaten further gains.

Dubai has finalized finance for the $4.3bn Phase-4 of its MBR solar park. Saudi plans a massive 2.6GW solar park in Mecca region.

Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih and the Mecca region’s governor on 24 March signed an MoU for 2.6GW of...