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Power And Water In The GCC Provides A Comprehensive Overview Of Recent Developments In The Power And Water Generation Sector

Posted on: Monday, 9 June 2008, 15:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c94207) has announced the addition of "Power and Water in the GCC: The Struggle to Keep Supplies Ahead of Demand Report" to their offering.

We provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the power and water generation sector and assesses the outlook for the sector up to 2015.

The GCC utility sector is entering a critical phase. Four years of strong economic growth has fueled demand growth of about 10 per cent a year for electricity and 8 per cent a year for desalination. A lack of investment in the first half of the decade has meant that reserve power capacity has fallen significantly in all bar Abu Dhabi, raising the prospect of power shortages especially in Kuwait, Dubai and parts of Saudi Arabia. With little prospect of a regional economic slowdown, as a result of oil prices and investment levels remaining high, the GCC is facing an unprecedented capacity building programme. An estimated 60,000MW of new capacity, representing 80 per cent of current installed capacity, will be required by 2015, while desalination capacity will have to double to over 5,000 million gallons a day (g/d) to meet the projected demand. The actual capacity requirements will be even greater if planned decommissioning of existing capacity takes place on account of its age. In relative terms, Dubai faces the biggest new-build programme, with both power and desalination capacity forecast to triple in size to 16,000MW and 800 million g/d by 2015. In absolute terms, the highest new investment requirements will be in Saudi Arabia, where 15,000MW and about 1,000 million g/d of new capacity will be required. Based on 2007 unit costs, the GCC power sector will require about $50bn of investment in new power generating capacity and $20bn in desalination. However, a tightening engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) market, on account of the high volume of work and the limited pool of major contractors, is likely to see unit costs continuing to rise over the short term. The role of developers will expand further, with 2008 set to be the first year that new capacity contracted from the private sector exceeds that awarded on an EPC basis.

Contents:

Preface 4

Executive summary 5

Introduction 7,

CHAPTERS

Bahrain 18

Kuwait 22

Oman 29

Qatar 35

Saudi Arabia 40

UAE - Abu Dhabi 48

UAE - Dubai 54

UAE - Federal Electricity & Water Authority 62

UAE - Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority 64

Appendix 66

TABLES, CHARTS, MAPS

Introduction

GCC power demand forecasts 7

GCC power demand forecasts: additional capacity by 2015 8

GCC power demand forecasts: projected cost 8

GCC desalination demand forecasts 9

GCC desalination demand forecasts: additional capacity by 2015 10

GCC desalination demand forecasts: projected cost 10

Cost of building desalination capacity in Dubai 10

Cost of building power capacity in Dubai 10

Total power contracted from IWPPs/IPPs in the GCC 11

Major power and desalination projects planned in the GCC 12

Major power EPC contract awards in the GCC 13

Major desalination EPC contract awards in the GCC 13

Alternative energy projects, planned 14

Levelised costs in dollars for power generation 15

Selected GCC electricity tariffs 16

Selected GCC water tariffs 16

Per capita electricity consumption in the GCC 17

Per capita water consumption in the GCC 17

Bahrain

Bahrain's annual growth in peak power demand 18

Bahrain's annual growth in water consumption 18

Bahrain's power and desalination capacity 19

Power generation and demand 20

Water sources and demand 20

Map: Major power and desalination plants in Bahrain 21

Kuwait

Peak electricity load and installed capacity 22

Peak power demand growth 22

Peak water demand and installed desalination capacity 23

Planned major power and desalination projects 23

Selected contracts on the Electricity & Water Ministry's emergency power programme 24

Projected installed power generating capacity 25

Projected installed desalination capacity 25

Planned power generation projects 26

Planned desalination projects 26

Consumption of fuel by power and desalination plants 27

Map: Major power and desalination plants in Kuwait 28

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

UAE - Abu Dhabi

UAE - Dubai

UAE - Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority

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Source: Business Wire

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