How will Dubai’s demand side management (DSM) strategy evolve going forward? What opportunities will this bring for private investment?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO, Empower: Interview from The Report: Dubai 2015
Articles & Analysis | Efforts to promote sustainability in Dubai's energy sector under way from The Report: Dubai 2015
Hosting the World Expo in 2020 will give Dubai the opportunity to demonstrate its exponential growth, both in the development of sustainable energy sources and in the introduction of measures to foster smarter, more efficient use of power and water. Key performance indicators for the emirate’s energy goals can be benchmarked in the next few years against three specific...
Hydrocarbons continue to meet the large bulk of Dubai’s energy needs, with the UAE sitting on 5.8% of the world’s crude oil reserves. However, the UAE Vision 2021 sets out goals including the reduction of the emirate’s carbon footprint and a desire to play a pioneering role in the development of energy-efficient technologies. The 1200-MW Hassyan clean coal power plant is expected to come on-...
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain considers new options as demand for LNG increases from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Both power generation and much of the industrial sector in Bahrain are fuelled by natural gas, with the country producing 557.97bn standard cu feet (scf) of dry gas per annum, according to BP’s “Statistical Review of World Energy 2014”. Most of this comes from the Bahrain field, where natural gas is found associated with oil, and a small amount...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Which specific policies is the ministry implementing with regard to the reduction of subsidies, both at the consumer and commercial level?
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain hopes to build new power plants and increase energy efficiency as energy consumption rises from The Report: Bahrain 2015
The state agency responsible for utilities, the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA), is working on a vast upgrade of the 220-KV electrical transmission network, as well as an expansion of power generation capacity. While most of the new megawatts will come from the Al Dur phase two expansion, the EWA is also developing smaller-scale solar and...