MEED
Middle East Power Survey
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Abu Dhabi in pole position in power sector
The emirate has not only managed to consistently meet high demand growth at home, but also has become a key electricity supplier to neighbouring emirates in the UAE -
Algiers looks to private sector to help fund power infrastructure upgrades
Up to $30bn-worth of investments will be required to expand and upgrade Algeria’s power infrastructure until 2017. Much of this funding will come from private companies -
Baghdad banking on private power
Baghdad realises it must invest more in its electricity sector to prevent its further deterioration. Crucial to driving up capacity and ensuring feedstock supply will be independent power projects -
Cutting power imports is key for Morocco
Rabat must mobilise private investment and implement its capacity building programme on schedule to reduce energy imports that strain the state budget -
Doha's power sector enters the comfort zone
The state’s power reserve margin is healthy and it is now looking to export power through the recently completed GCC integrated grid -
Dubai to test investor appetite for power sector
The planned independent water and power scheme will not only be a test of the emirate’s private power ambitions, but also bank appetite for government debt -
Feedstock supply a major concern for the UAE's northern emirates
A lack of generating capacity is not the issue in Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, it is their precarious feedstock situation. Now, both must rely on Abu Dhabi to keep the power switched on -
Firm power sector growth continues in Libya
Tripoli is pushing ahead with the expansion of its electricity sector with a programme of ambitious new projects. Despite delays, these schemes will see Libya well supplied for all its power needs -
Gas limits Cairo’s power sector
As one of the first Arab states to embrace independent power projects, Egypt once again turns to the private sector to develop up to 3,500MW of new capacity -
High demand hits power distribution network in Bahrain
Addressing the deficiencies in the kingdom’s poor transmission and distribution network will be key to meeting rising power demand -
Lebanon: A power sector in crisis
Lebanon’s power sector is plagued by inefficiencies, theft, under-investment and a lack of fuel feedstock. A major overhaul is needed to meet rising demand for power -
Making up for poor power planning in Kuwait
Kuwait is planning to invest over $20bn in more than doubling generation capacity as it seeks to avoid the errors of the past and upgrade infrastructure -
Middle East struggles with power supply
High temperatures have left electricity generators playing catch-up with the spike in power demand across much of the Middle East and North Africa -
Middle East struggles with power supply
High temperatures have left electricity generators playing catch-up with the spike in power demand across much of the Middle East and North Africa -
Muscat looks to repeat success in power sector
Oman is now looking extend its successful model of private power production to its transmission and distribution network. The move will be a first for the GCC -
Power network upgrades a top priority for Jordan
Amman’s plans to issue independent power projects is just one option to boosting its electricity sector. Pushing for renewable energy sources and nuclear power is also on the agenda -
Riyadh grasps the power capacity issue
Saudi Arabia has the largest capacity building programme under way in the region and the private sector is set to play a greater role in utility provision -
Syria: Warming up to private power sector support
Hydrocarbons-poor Syria will need to invest up to $8bn in increasing power generation capacity and a further $4bn in transmission and distribution projects over the next decade
