MENA region to deploy solar power projects worth US$155 billion
Countries in the MENA region are set to invest an estimated US$155bn in solar energy projects by 2017
Countries in the MENA region are set to invest an estimated US$155bn in solar energy projects by 2017
DEWA has not yet revealed how much funding the project will need to add 400MW of generation capacity. (Image source: squeaks2569/Flickr)
Government-owned utility Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) could have to ask for further funding to finance a power plant expansion project scheduled to start next year
Alfanars projects include the construction of substations as well as underground cabling works in parts of Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Ashwin John/Flickr)
Saudi Arabia-based engineering, procurement and construction firm Alfanar Construction has signed several power projects worth a total of US$400mn in the first half of 2013
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has entered into contracts worth US$1.68bn with a number of domestic firms to import cables to strengthen the Saudi Arabian power distribution network
The scope of delivery from Siemens will include a total of six gas turbines, six steam turbines and six generators. (Image source: Siemens PLM Software/Flickr)
Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply power plant components for the Ras Djinet and Ain Arnat combined cycle power plants (CCPP) in Algeria