UAE raises clean energy target to 27% by 2021
The UAE has decided to raise its clean energy target from 24 per cent to 27 per cent by 2021 as part of its commitment to global efforts to fight climate change, a senior official told Gulf News on...
Dewa discusses cooperation with GE, Turkish firms
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), met Steve Bolze, Senior Vice President of GE and President & CEO of GE Power, and Joe Anis, President...
Renewable energy among EU’s €129 million for Egypt
Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr and Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, signed Tuesday a €129 million ($142.1...
A 100% solar powered women’s cooperative… A dream come true?
Anyone who is interested in accomplishing two goals at a time, might be interested in this article. If you see that empowering women is important, and care about the future of our planet Earth, then...
66,000 solar panels in Kuwait International Airport’s expansion
The KD1.3bn ($4.3bn) expansion of Kuwait International Airport will reportedly be completed two years ahead of schedule under a new commitment from Turkish contractor Limak Construction Co. Kuwait...
Record low bids submitted for Abu Dhabi’s 350MW solar plant in Sweihan
Abu Dhabi could expand its Sweihan solar project to well over 1 gigawatts after record low bids were submitted today. Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority’s procurement arm received six bids...
JinkoSolar Supplies Solar Modules to Mosques in Jordan
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar”), a global leader in the photovoltaic (PV) industry, today announced that it has supplied modules to power several mosques in Jordan as part of...
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar seeks partners for clean-energy desalination
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, known as Masdar, is seeking to form international ventures to build water-desalination plants powered by renewables across the globe as early as 2018, a company official...
