$1bn Salalah IWPP opened officiallySembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) today (May 19) celebrated the official opening of its $1 billion Salalah Independent Water and Power Plant (Salalah IWPP) in Oman. The ceremony was graced by Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan bin Hamoud Al More… |
Omani power firms plan IPOs in mid-2014Two Omani electricity generating companies - Al Suwaidi Power Company and Al Batinah Power Company - said they plan to launch initial public offers (IPOs) of their shares around June next year. More… |
Omani power firms plan IPOs in mid-2014Two Omani electricity generating companies - Al Suwaidi Power Company and Al Batinah Power Company - said they plan to launch initial public offers (IPOs) of their shares around June next year. More… |
GDF Suez eyes big Mideast businessFrench gas and power utility GDF Suez expects strong demand for power in the Middle East will allow it to sell thousands of megawatts worth of new gas-fired power stations in the region, a company executive was quoted as saying. D More… |
Dubal installs UAE's first steam unit chillerThe UAE’s first-ever steam absorption chiller installation in a power plant has been inaugurated at Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), a major state-owned aluminium smelter, as part of an innovative pilot project using steam. A quest More… |
Nuclear-powered Middle East draws closerThe Middle East generates a smaller share of electricity from nuclear than any other region of the world. But before the end of the decade the UAE is set to join Iran, which has linked a nuclear power plant to its grid. More… |
GDF Suez wins Az Zour power plant contractA consortium led by global energy giant GDF Suez, has been awarded the contract for the construction and operation of a 1,500MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant at Az Zour in Kuwait. As per the deal, the GDF Suez-led consortiu More… |
Hyundai Heavy lowest bidder for Saudi plantSouth Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries has submitted the lowest bid to build a new oil-fired power plant in Jeddah for state-controlled Saudi Electricity Company, industry sources said. A Hyundai Heavy Industries spokesman sa More… |
GE Energy wins major Iraq contractEnergy giant GE said it has won a contract from Mass Global Investment Company (Mass Global), an independent Kurdish power producer, to supply two steam turbines at its Erbil power plant in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. GE said its s More… |
Iraq seeks bids for $1bn power plantIraq announced on Saturday the names of foreign companies bidding to build a 1,500 megawatt (MW) power plant with a value of around $1 billion in western Iraq, part of a drive to improve creaking infrastructure hit by sanctions and war. Th More… |








