Egypt’s government urgently needs to bring new power projects on line to fill the growing gap between and supply, the Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (Apicorp) says in a report published today. The main challenge is the lack of finance which…
Category: Electricity
After 20 years planning, Saudi Arabia to introduce competition into power generation
Saudi Arabia’s power generation industry, the largest in the Middle East, is to be the first target of the kingdom’s privatisation programme, the MEED Leaders in Energy Reform conference in Dubai was told today. It was told that the Saudi…
Iran to increase power capacity by 35 per cent
For full coverage of Middle East business, see MEED Iran plans to increase its power generation capacity by 35 per cent from 74GW now to 100GW in 2020, Iran’s deputy energy minister Houshang Falahatian said today during a visit to…