Tag Archives: middle east
The Solar Canals of India
India is playing a crucial role in not only generating clean and renewable energy, but also looking to conserve water at the same time which is having a big impact on the local environment. There are thousands of canals all across India, and they started a pilot project in the Mehsana district in April 2012 [...]
Middle East Solar Industry Could Hit $6.8 Billion
The Middle East is boosting its solar power sector with $6.8 billion worth of projects in the pipeline, said Jigar Shah, the chairman of the inaugural Solar Middle East Conference. Mr. Shah told a Trade Arabia report that around 10 major projects are set to be plugged in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt, [...]
Abu Dhabi CSP Plant Coming Online
A 100 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar plant (CSP) under construction in Abu Dhabi is the first of its kind in the Middle East and one of the biggest in the world. The Shams 1 facility, which covers 617 acres near Abu Dhabi, is scheduled to connect to the grid before the end of March. Because it is a parabolic trough design, it requires [...]
The Middle East and North Africa: Solar Mega Growth Ahead
Demand for solar energy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will skyrocket in the next five years, according to a new report from GTM Research and the Emirates Solar Industry Association (EISA). “In terms of solar energy, it is clear that the MENA region is set to experience significant change over the [...]
The 2013 World Future Energy Summit
First Solar is pleased to be a platinum sponsor and exhibitor at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) taking place in Abu Dhabi January 15-17. WFES is an exciting platform to demonstrate First Solar’s capabilities and build lasting relationships in a region that is rapidly embracing the full potential of clean energy. At the forefront of [...]
Saudi Arabia: Moving Towards A Solar Future
This should help pave the way for utility scale solar power project developers to line up some financing and make a pitch to the powers that be in Riyadh who are looking to attract over $100 billion worth of solar investments into the Kingdom: Saudi Arabia will form a company to buy power from generators [...]
Solar is Hot in the Middle East
Plans are underway in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to build the Middle East’s largest solar power plant of its kind. The Shams 1 Solar Project, will be a 100-megawatt, concentrated solar power plant capable of powering 20,000 homes. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the UAE’s Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change and the chief executive [...]
Report: World Not Ready to Transition to Renewable Energy Systems
The world is still a long way away from being able to meet its energy needs sustainably, says a new report released this week at the COP 18 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar. While most climate experts believe that carbon emissions must be cut drastically to avoid the most catastrophic effects of [...]
Qatar Makes Huge Solar Target: 18% of Energy Output by 2018
Qatar is aiming to generate 16% of its electricity from solar power by 2018, according to Fahad Bin Mohammed al-Attiya, chairman of the organizers of the climate change conference in Doha. Qatar, an OPEC nation, currently has the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world, and is the world’s current top exporter of [...]
2020: Cap-and-Trade Starts in Vietnam
Vietnam’s government has approved a plan to begin cap-and-trade in 2020. The country is the third in the region to announce such a program - emissions trading begins in South Korea in 2015, the same year as in Australia and China. New Zealand has a tiny program that started in 2009. Vietnam’s program is unique in that it caps emissions of six major greenhouse gases (GHG): carbon; methane; nitrous [...]
Amritsar, Punjab Turning into Eco City Within 5 Years
Amritsar, Punjab is soon to get a makeover to become an eco-friendly city under a new project initiated by a centre of Sikh Pilgrimage in Amritsar, as told by an environmentalist. The said project named as ‘EcoAmritsar’, is a brain child of ‘EcoSikh’, the movement started by the Sikh community to diminish the effects of [...]
Saudi Arabia at 100% Renewable?
Cleantechnica reports that Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, a main spokesman for Saudi Arabia, made a startling statement at the Global Economic Symposium in Brazil last week: his country intends to be 100% powered by renewable energy and other low-carbon energy forms. The prince said he hopes to see this change take place within his [...]