Installed power generation capacity in the region will need to increase by 50 per cent by 2020
Special Report Contents
- Delaying projects is not an option
- Middle East faces 2020 power capacity challenge
- Strong IPP pipeline for 2016
- Renewables widen the energy mix
- Russia leading the way in regions nuclear power race
Projects in the planning stage around the region, by fuel type
About $28.8bn-worth of IPP projects could move ahead in 2016, a far higher value than in 2015. Egypt accounts for about $18bn-worth of those planned IPPs
| Selected projects due to be awarded in 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Client | Country | Estimated Budget ($m) | Completion |
| Khuzestan Energy Park | Government of Iran | Iran | 10,000 | 2020 |
| Taibah integrated solar combined-cycle Power Plant | Saudi Electricity Company | Saudi Arabia | 4,000 | 2020 |
| 3,600MW Coal power plant | Egyptian Electricity Holding Company | Egypt | 3,500 | 2020 |
| Nuclear power plant | Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas | Tunisia | 2,500 | 2023 |
| Ataka hydropower plant | Ministry of Electricity & Energy | Egypt | 2,000 | 2020 |
| Shuaiba South power and desalination plant | Ministry of Electricity & Water | Kuwait | 1,800 | 2020 |
| Bushehr nuclear plant 2 | Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran | Iran | 1,650 | 2024 |
| North Qassim combined-cycle power plant | Saudi Electricity Company | Saudi Arabia | 1,500 | 2019 |
| Damanhour combined-cycle power plant | Egyptian Electricity Holding Company | Egypt | 1,208 | 2019 |
| Askar waste-to-energy plant | Ministry of Municple Affairs & Urban Planning | Bahrain | 1,000 | 2019 |
| Source: MEED Projects | ||||
| IPP awards in 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Country | Status | Generation capacity (MW) | Cost ($m) |
| Muhammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park phase 2 | UAE (Dubai) | Under construction | 200 | 327 |
| Salalah IPP | Oman | Under construction | 445 | 620 |
| Rumailah IPP | Iraq | Seeking financing | 3,000 | 2,500 |
| Facility D IWPP | Qatar | Seeking financing | 2,520 | 1,560 |
| Ouarzazate Solar IPP: Noor 2/3 | Morocco | Under construction | 350 | 2,263 |
| Hassyan IPP | UAE (Dubai) | Seeking financing | 1,200 | 1,800 |
| 2015 total | 9,070 | |||
| Sources: MEED; MEED Projects | ||||
| IPP awards in 2016 (forecast) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Country | Status | Generation capacity (MW) | Cost ($m) |
| Al-Zour North 2 IWPP | Kuwait | Main contract bids | 1,500 | 1,749 |
| Al-Khiran IWPP | Kuwait | Prequalification | 1,500 | 488 |
| Al-Abdaliya ISCC | Kuwait | Tender expected shortly | 280 | 720 |
| Fadhili IPP | Saudi Arabia | Main contract bids | 1,200-1,600 | 1,500 |
| Ibri/Sohar3 IPP | Oman | Evaluating main contract bids | 3,200 | 2,600 |
| Samawa IPP | Iraq | Developers prequalified | 750 | 400 |
| Feed-in tariff renewables projects | Egypt | PPAs expected shortly | 4,000 | 6,610 |
| El-Hamarawein coal power plant phase 1 | Egypt | Seeking financing | 2,000 | 3,000 |
| Ayoun Moussa coal power plant | Egypt | Seeking financing | 3,960 | 4,500 |
| Gulf of Suez | Egypt | Evaluating main contract bids | 250 | 660 |
| Kom Ombo PV | Egypt | Main contract bids | 200 | 400 |
| Dairut IPP | Egypt | Evaluating main contract bids | 2,250 | 2,500 |
| Feed-in tariff renewables projects | Jordan | Evaluating main contract bids | 200 | 300 |
| Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum Solar Park phase 3 | UAE (Dubai) | Expression of interest | 800 | 800 |
| Wind integrated programme | Morocco | Evaluating main contract bids | 850 | 1,700 |
| Ouarzazate Solar IPP: Noor 4 | Morocco | Prequalification expected shortly | 70 | 100 |
| West Nile PV solar project | Egypt | Prequalification | 200 | 400 |
| West Nile concentrated solar power project | Egypt | Prequalification | 50 | 350 |
| West Nile wind project | Egypt | Prequalification | 250 | na |
| 2016 total | 28,777 | |||
| PPA=Power purchase agreement; IPP=Independent power project; IWPP=Independent water and power project; ISCC=Integrated solar combined-cycle; PV=Photovoltaic; na=Not available. Source: MEED, MEED Projects | ||||
| Selected Mena renewable energy targets | |
|---|---|
| Country | Renewable energy targets |
| Bahrain | 5% by 2020 |
| Egypt | 20% of electricity generation by 2020, of which 12% is wind |
| Iraq | 2% of electricity generation by 2016 |
| Jordan | 7% of primary energy by 2015; 10% by 2020 |
| Kuwait | 5% of electricity generation by 2015; 10% by 2020 |
| Oman | 10% of electricity generation by 2020 |
| Qatar | At least 2% of electricity generation from solar energy sources by 2020 |
| Saudi Arabia | 50% of electricity from non-hydrocarbon resources by 2032: 54GW from renewables (of which: 41GW from PV and CSP, 9GW wind, 3GW waste-to-energy, 1GW geothermal, 17.6GW from nuclear) |
| UAE | 5% of electricity by 2030; Abu Dhabi: 7% of electricity generation capacity by 2020 |
| Mena=Middle East and North Africa; PV=Photovoltaic; CSP=Concentrated solar power; GWH=Gigawatt hours. Source: Oxford Energy | |
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