The bioenergy facility under construction in Abu Dhabi. (Image source: Masdar)
The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC) has announced that in March 2016, it will begin operating the world?s first bioenergy research facility using desert land ? irrigated by seawater ? to produce both food and aviation fuels
A Power Purchase Agreement will allow ACWA to bring the decommissioned power plant back to life. (Image source: Ken Teegradin/Flickr)
ACWA Power signs 25-year PPA for the 485MW Hussein CCGT IPP
The conversion to combined cycle will boost capacity without the need for extra fuel intake. (Image source: Rob/Flickr)
Orascom Construction has agreed to undertake a US$420mn contract to convert existing simple power plants to combined cycle power plants
The electricity linkage project targets to exchange around 3,000MW of electricity between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Ian Muttoo/Flickr)
Egypt has announced that Kuwait has agreed to loan the North African country around US$100mn to fund the electricity linkage project between Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Bahrain is the third lowest in household rates for electricity and water among the six GCC countries. (Image source: Rory/Flickr)
Bahrain has approved the removal of subsidies for electricity and water in March this year, which will eventually see prices double for expats and large companies in the industrial sector
