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Venezuelan police stand in front a traffic congestion after an electricity blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, 03 September 2013. (EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ)

Power blackout hits 70 percent of Venezuela

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 4, 2013 | World

Caracas, AP—Venezuela’s main power distribution network failed Tuesday, depriving 70 percent of the country of electricity and creating traffic chaos in much of Caracas, which normally escapes such outages. Electrical Energy Minister Jesse Chacon said on state...

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Power plant at Saudi Electricity Company’s Central Operation Area, south of Riyadh, April 27, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed)

Saudi Electric Co. completes fuel pipeline for power plant

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jul 22, 2013 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has completed a project to supply fuel to Al-Qassim Power Plant by a pipeline, direct from the main Aramco pipeline, ending the daily use of 300 tankers on the Riyadh-Qassim highway. SEC executive...

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Worshipers visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Saudi Arabia’s Solar Future

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Jul 21, 2013 | Features

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the sunny skies of Saudi Arabia, and amid temperatures topping 45 degrees Celsius, solar energy is considered among the most important alternative sources for producing electricity. It is one of the fields that is capturing growing interest...

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The Agouza neighborhood, background, is seen during a power cut, in Giza, Egypt, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt to invite private investors into electricity sector

by Sharif Yamani | Jul 19, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Minister of electricity Ahmad Emam said on Wednesday that Egypt was planning to solicit bids for new power plants from private sector investors. He added that his ministry aimed at 6,250 MW of capacity to the national electricity...

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A man walks over a bridge by the construction of Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, June 28, 2013. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

African Development Bank continues investment in Egypt energy sector

by Sharif Yamani | Jul 5, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Khalid Al-Askari, energy section official at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Egypt has said the bank was conducting studies on a Ethiopia–Sudan–Egypt electricity link project, following the success of an initial feasibility study for the...