The UAE has revealed plans to draw 25 per cent of its power from nuclear energy by 2020, as the country looks to reduce its domestic reliance on fossil fuels and ensure it has enough oil to export
Energy
Avantha Group awarded US$60 million Iraq power project
Avantha Group has been awarded a US$60mn contract for the turnkey construction of four high-voltage GIS substations by the Electrical Transmission Project Office of the Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq
Sohar 2 and Barka 3 to add more than 1500MW to Oman?s power grid
Omani power plants Sohar 2 and Barka 3 will soon start commercial operations adding 744MW each to the country?s grid
TAQA?s Takoradi 2 expansion project inaugurated in Ghana
The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has inaugurated the Takoradi 2 power plant in Ghana, a move aimed to develop the electricity sector in the African country
UAE inaugurates its largest power and desalination plant
Dubai has inaugurated the UAEs largest power and desalination plant in a move to boost power generation and water production in the emirate