IEA executive director Fatih Birol meets Iraq?s President Barham Salih in Baghdad to present the study?s findings and recommendations. (Image source IEA)
Iraq?s electricity demand is set to double by 2030, and its shortfall in electricity supply will widen as the country?s population grows by more than one million people each year, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report
APICORP research has shown that power projects currently make up 36 per cent of the region?s total investment as demand for electricity rises. (Image source: David Mark/Pixabay)
Planned and committed energy investments will amount to US$1 trillion in the MENA region over the next five years, according to the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development bank
The project will focus on detailed engineering, procurement and construction through to the commissioning stages of the power stations. (Image source: yelantsevv/Adobe Stock)
Penspen, the UK-based engineering and project management service provider, and Kuwait?s architectural and engineering consulting firm Jassim Qabazard Engineering Consultants (JQEC) have signed an agreement with Kuwait?s Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) for supervision services of five power stations
Sohar Port and Freezone will allocate 600 ha of land for solar plants under development. (Image source: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay)
Sohar Port and Freezone has signed a land lease agreement with Shell Development Oman (SDO), a move in which businesses in Sohar Freezone to be powered by solar photovoltaic (PV) projects instead of gas
Morocco?s reliance on foreign countries for electricity reduced from 98 per cent to 92 per cent. (Image source: Daxis/Flickr)
Aziz Rabbah, Morocco?s minister for energy, mines and sustainable development, has announced that the amount of investments in the country?s energy sector has exceeded US$13.7bn
