Land Grabbing and food security-future challenges for Qatar
Qatar, like other GCC countries faces a serious lack of water and productive land and therefore is dependent on substantial food imports for its basic food security. One of the strategies adopted to...
Qatar GDP up 6% in Q2, 2013
Qatar’s GDP grew by 6 percent in real terms in Q2, 2013 compared to the corresponding quarter in 2012, according to numbers provided by the country’s Statistics Authority. ...Posts Tagged ‘power’
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Qatar seeks to cut down on electricity and water usage
As one of the world’s largest consumers of water and electricity on a per capita basis, Qatar is looking to reduce its utilities usage, according to an Oxford Business Group (OBG) report.
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Dubai utility to set up USD 1.3 bn clean coal power plant
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is planning to set up a USD 1.3 bn 1,200 MW clean coal power plant. The plant would be the first of its kind in the GCC region
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Saudi Arabia considers private participation in power sector
Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab economy with the highest population in the GCC region, has plans to invite private participation in its fast-growing power sector in
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Bond issuance of USD 825 mn completed by Abu Dhabi power plant
Abu Dhabi-based energy company TAQA has announced that the Ruwais Power Company power and desalination plant (Shuweihat 2) has completed an issuance of USD 825 mn of project bonds. The plant is 54 percent owned by
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Qatar Petroleum International invests in Greek power plant
Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and GEK Terna have signed an agreement to acquire an interest in the Heron II power plant, signalling QPI's first investment in Greece. Heron II is currently Greece's most efficient power plant
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GCC to invest USD 250 bn in power over next five years
The GCC is expected to shell out an estimated USD 250 bn over the next five years on investments in the power sector. A study, titled ‘Power UAE,’ published by research specialists Global Business Reports (GBR) said that the next five to 10 years would be crucial in shaping not only the UAE power sector, but also change the power industry in the GCC and Middle East
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Meeting held to discuss GCC power and water use
A meeting of the GCC Committee on Economizing on Water and Electricity Consumption was held in Riyadh on Tuesday, June 11 which reviewed the enforcement of joint programmes aimed at lowering the increasingly-growing consumption of electricity and water. The meeting was chaired by Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) CEO Sheikh Nawaf bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.
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Partial sale of Oman’s Sohar Power Company completed
GDF Suez on Sunday, June 2, announced the completion of the sale of 10 percent of its 45 percent stake in Sohar Power Company to an investment holding company of MENA Infrastructure Fund.
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