Egypt and Djibouti have jointly inaugurated a 300 kW solar power plant in Omar Jagga village in Djibouti’s Arta region, strengthening bilateral cooperation between the countries.
Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity has announced that Iran has completely stopped supplies of gas to Iraq, resulting in the loss of around 4500 MW of capacity and forcing the Ministry to take emergency measures to stabilise the grid.
ACWA Power has completed its acquisition of Engie’s stakes in gas-fired power generation and water desalination assets in Bahrain, along with the related O&M companies. The total acquisition price for the assets, including those in Kuwait, is $693 million.
The Iranian government has announced that it is in discussions with Russia regarding the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Egypt has announced a new collaboration between the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) and an Egyptian-Japanese consortium to build a combined 20 MW solar power plant and a 30 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Hurghada on Egypt’s Red Sea coast.
Alparslan Bayraktar, Türkiye’s Energy Minister, has announced that Türkiye and the World Bank have begun talks for $6 billion in financing to upgrade the country’s electricity transmission system.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has announced a 20-year plan to increase electricity capacity by 57 GW through agreements reached with Siemens and GE, as well as the increased use of renewable energy.
The Egyptian government is discussing plans to upgrade the country’s major hydropower stations and strengthen the national electricity grid as part of efforts to expand renewable energy generation.
Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity has signed an agreement to construct the 3 GW Al-Faw CCGT power plant in Basra. The contract is between the Iraqi entities Southern Power Production General Company and Advanced Technology Systems Company, with the project to be carried out by GE.
Iran and Russia have signed an MOU to expand nuclear cooperation through the construction of SMRs in Iran. Alexey Likhachev, CEO of Rosatom, met with Mohammad Eslami, President of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, during Eslami’s trip to Moscow.