Renewables | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 10
Abengoa Extends Deal for Moroccan Solar-Gas Facility
Spanish renewable energy company Abengoa has signed an extension to its operations and maintenance agreement with the Moroccan Power and Drinking Water Office for the Ain Beni Mathar solar-gas power plant, CTBR report...
European Company to Invest $6b in Iranian Gas and Wind Power
The Iranian government has signed an agreement worth $6 b with an unnamed European company to invest in Iran’s power sector, reported the Tehran Times. Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht made the announ...
Qatar Summit Places Emphasis on Solar Power
The future of the power sector and plans to promote renewable energy resources in Qatar were discussed at length across two days at the recently concluded Power Qatar Summit 2015 in Doha, reported Trade Arabia. Abdula...
Oman Devising Energy Master Plan as Oil Workers Laied Off
Oman’s top 100 energy sector stakeholders held a workshop Tuesday aimed at drafting the most-critical recommendations to be included in Oman’s 25-year energy master plan, reported the Gulf News Journal. A long-t...
Google to Invest in Africa’s Largest Wind Project
Google announced that they are committing to invest in the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Northern Kenya, which will be their second clean energy investment in Africa, the company said in an statement. “When...
Egypt’s Renewable Authority Working out Framework for Waste-To-Energy
Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) is preparing to introduce a feed-in tariff for waste-to-energy (WTE) projects, reported The National. This came out in a joint report from the UK law firm Eversheds an...
Iran to Cut Emissions if Sanctions Removed
Iran could as much as quadruple its efforts to curb fossil fuel emissions if economic sanctions imposed by the US, UN and EU are ended. These were the words of Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran’s delegation chief at a UN climat...
Sunbird Bioenergy to Build Ethanol Plant in Zimbabwe
Sunbird Bioenergy Limited has entered into an agreement with the Zimbabwean government and China New Energy to develop a bioenergy project which will produce 120m liters per year of fuel grade ethanol from cassava and...
