Power & Water

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.

orway’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.

Iraq is making considerable progress in reducing its electricity supply shortfall but negotiations to purchase 1GW from Kurdistan have stalled. Despite recent gains Baghdad remains reliant on imports of both power and gas from Iran, a dependency that looks set to stay.

KDP candidate Nechirvan Barzani was elected president of the KRG this week, securing 68 votes in the region’s 111-seat...

State power firm Nepco has been a key contributor to Jordan’s debt mountain which has climbed above $40bn. But the firm is now looking to cut subsidies.