ACWA Power Launches Separate Company For Renewable Energy Assets
With its global aggressive push in the renewable energy sector, Saudi Arabia-based company ACWA Power has launched a separate company to take control of its clean energy assets. ACWA Power RenewCo...
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...
UAE: New fire code to address marina, solar power incidents
A chapter on marina fires and another on solar power-related standards and firefighting techniques will be part of the amended UAE Fire and Life Safety Code 2016, expected to be out by the end of...
Civil War Spurs Spike in Solar Energy Use in Yemen
Sanaa residents switch to alternative energy amid power cuts and rising fuel prices Air pollution has been a serious problem in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, but that’s starting to change. How?...
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...
Largest Distributed Solar Rooftop Project in the Middle East
Construction of the largest distributed solar rooftop project in the Middle East is underway after DP World commissioned the installation of 88,000 rooftop solar panels on its Dubai facilities as...
Largest solar project in ME by Shams Dubai will allow customers to install PV panels on rooftops
Dubai, on Wednesday, launched the largest project of the Shams Dubai initiative at a press conference held on the margins of the 18th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX)....
Graphene-Perovskite Solar Cells Exceed 18% Efficiency
Scientists have created hybrid perovskite-graphene solar cells that show good stability upon exposure to sunlight, while still maintaining efficiency over 18% – the highest reported efficiency...
