Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has confirmed that the temporary power outage that affected several areas across the Kingdom has been fully resolved.
US President Donald Trump has thrown the future of a newly signed civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia into uncertainty by declaring that it will take effect only if the kingdom normalises relations with Israel, a condition that was not publicly attached to the deal when it was signed.
US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman have signed a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement, commonly known as a 123 agreement, alongside an accompanying bilateral safeguards agreement.
A power and water desalination station in Kuwait was damaged in an Iranian attack on Saturday, triggering a fire and forcing the temporary shutdown of many units, reported state media. Several firefighters and an worker were injured while battling fires at two sites targeted in the attacks.
Siemens Energy will supply six gas turbines, six generators and 20-year maintenance services for Oman’s Misfah and Duqm IPP projects, adding nearly 2.6 GW of capacity, increasing national electricity generation by almost 20% and serving more than 2 million people.
Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has announced that it has secured contracts worth $1.4 billion from Saudi oil giant Aramco for the construction and operation of the second phase of the kingdom’s Jafurah cogeneration power plant which, on completion, will boast a 331MW capacity.
Venezuela’s government and General Electric have signed a memorandum of understanding to modernise the national power grid, officials said. The plan targets 1 GW of added capacity within 24 months and more than 5 GW over four years, as authorities move to urgently formalise the agreement.
The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) has joined forces with artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant NVIDIA, private equity firm KKR and US integrated power generation firm Vistra to launch a new AI infrastructure company - Helix Digital Infrastructure - at a total investment of over $10 billion in long-duration capital commitments.
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy announced on Sunday that a service building at one of the power and water distillation plants was damaged in an Iranian attack, resulting in the death of an Indian worker.
The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority has announced the start of implementation of the direct electricity interconnection project linking the GCC grid with Oman’s network, marking a major step in regional energy integration and infrastructure development.
