Power Investment Outlook in the MENA Region

Clean coal and nuclear continued to steadily gain ground in the UAE’s fuel mix in 2020, increasing their share in the total power generation mix at the expense of natural gas by 3% and 4%, respectively. This increase was driven by the commencement of partial operations at the Hassyan ultra-supercritical clean coal power plant (2.67 GW) and the Barakah nuclear power plant (5.6 GW) this year, with the reactors in the latter reaching 80% capacity in November. Source: APICORP