Power
Middle East power news and analysis, tenders, contracts awarded, commentary and economic data.
Najm al-Jazeera wins $266m Saudi power deal
The local Najm al-Jazeera Contracting Company, a subsidiary of Al-Arrab Contracting Company, has won a SR1bn ($266m) contract for the construction of a 300MW power plant in Tabuk, in the northwest of the kingdom.Power: Latest 20 news stories
- Bids in for Bahraini transmission work
- Tehran delays bids for power programme
- Kuwait extends Subiya power plant deadline
- Masdar delays bid deadline for Shams 1 solar plant
- Areva signs Jordanian uranium exploration deal
- ESB International sole bidder for deal to expand Bahrain's power grid
- Bids in for Dubai substations
- Sponsors in the Gulf explore financing options
- Iran offers to stop nuclear enrichment in exchange for fuel
- ESB International bids for Bahraini power work
- Maaden power plant award due in October
- Kuwait invites firms to bid for Subiya work
- Iraq launches hydropower and wind farm studies
- Saudi Electricity Company awards substations deal to Iscosa
- Cairo to tender first private wind farm
- Bids submitted for UAE nuclear management contract
- Koreans in talks for Qatrana power plant
- Two added to list of prequalifiers for Moroccan power plant
- Metka and Anslado win Syrian power plant
- Prysmian to install Doha’s first submarine power cable
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Power Transmission and Distribution
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Special Report: Power & Water - Gulf developer rankings
Rising demand for electricity, coupled with chronically inadequate physical and financial infrastructure, means the region's emerging markets have enormous potential for private power developers.Commentary
- Riyadh must meet power needs first
- Cairo has to win back private sector confidence
- Gas supply drives energy revolution
- Fixed pricing carries risks for Adwea
- Amman right to enter nuclear age
- Cairo needs coal power
- Perseverance pays in Libya's tough market
- Regional power link-up makes sense
- No future for GCC nuclear plan
- Private finance is priority for Cairo's power capacity
Tenders
- KUWAIT TENDER: XLPE cables
- QATAR TENDER: Overhead power lines
- IRAQ TENDER: Hydropower project switchyard works
- OMAN TENDER: Electrical emergency and maintenance services
- QATAR TENDER: Diesel and mobile generators
- EGYPT TENDER: Thermal power plant pumps and drives
- OMAN TENDER: Overhead power lines and underground cables
- IRAQ TENDER: Wind energy feasibility study
- IRAQ TENDER: Hydropower plant feasibility studies
- OMAN TENDER: Power line underground works
