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Saudi to invest $300m in power grid linksSaudi Arabia will invest up to $300 million in projects that will link the kingdom’s new economic cities to the national power grid, said the organisers of an upcoming energy-infrastructure show in Riyadh. Saudi Energy 2012, the 15th inter More… |
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Gulf power grid to include UAE by mid-2011The United Arab Emirates will be linked to the Gulf's power grid by mid-2011 while links to Oman and Egypt are still under study, an official said. Gulf countries last year completed the first phase of a regional power grid that they hope More… |
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Egypt-Saudi power link cost seen at $1.5bnA project aimed at linking the power grids of electricity-hungry countries Egypt and Saudi Arabia to help meet peak-time demand is expected to cost about $1.5 billion, an Egyptian official said on Wednesday. An international tender for wor More… |
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GCC power grid first phase launchedHis Majesty King Hamad took part in the launch of phase one of a common GCC power grid along with other GCC leaders. The ceremony included an operetta, which embodied the project, and speeches by GCC electricity ministers and the GCC secre More… |
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Linking Gulf power grids to cost $1.6 billionA project to link the power grids of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE will cost $1.6 billion, a senior official from the body overseeing interconnection said on Monday. The full construction of the grid is expected to be co More… |
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Alba looks at power grid for expansionAluminium Bahrain (Alba) is now looking at the electricity option rather than depend on gas for any future expansion of the smelter, said the company chairman Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji. The GCC power grid had thrown up “big opportunities” More… |
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Kuwait, Qatar connect power gridsKuwait and Qatar have synchronized their power networks as they move towards the launch of a four-nation Gulf grid, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Saudi Arabia successfully conducted trial power transfers with Qatar and Kuwait, More… |
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Bahrain to plug into GCC grid in 10 daysBahrain will plug into the $1.1 billion (BD400 million) GCC electricity network in the next 10 days, said a top Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) official. It will not only make power cuts a thing of the past, but will also lead to a d More… |
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Qatar says $3.9bn power plant to help Gulf gridQatar's $3.9 billion power and water plant, the country's largest, will help provide electricity to other Gulf Arab states through a regional grid, the country's oil minister said on Monday. The plant, which is scheduled to be More… |
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Bahrain inks GCC power grid contractBahrain became the second of the GCC countries to sign the general agreement for the regional power grid. The agreement, signed after Saudi Arabia, enables Bahrain to exchange power with other member countries, Works Minister Fahmi Al Jowd More… |
