A consortium led by Acwa Power has signed a project agreement to develop a 1.1 GW wind project in Egypt, with an investment value of $1.5 billion.
Water inflow into Iranian dams has decreased by about 21 per cent since March compared with last year. Reports say that the country will face severe power shortages this year.
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and GE Gas Power have signed an MOU for GE to upgrade four existing GE 9F gas turbines at EGA’s Al Taweelah power plant in the UAE.
Egypt and the EU have held a meeting to discuss cooperation in the fields of energy, climate change, environment, and green transformation.
Wärtsilä has won a contract from Kahraba, a subsidiary of Egypt Kuwait Holding, in which Wärtsilä will supply an additional 20 MW to the existing Borg El Arab power plant.
Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Iran’s Energy Minister, has said that 6 GW of new capacity will be added to the country’s current power generation capacity before the start of peak demand in July.
Lebanon’s cabinet has approved a plan to restructure the country’s electricity sector, a key requirement for donors and the World Bank to extend financing to alleviate the country’s power supply.
The US has charged four Russian government employees with cyber-attacks on the global energy sector, targeting hundreds of companies and organisations in over 100 countries.
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry has signed PPAs with the developer teams that won contracts to provide two solar PV IPPs in the country.
Siemens and Saudi Arabian solar energy company Desert Technologies have launched Capton Energies as a JV.