solar power | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 7
Saudi Solar Bids, Projects Run Up Against Bureaucratic Resistance,
Sources told Reuters that Saudi Arabia’s plan to issue bids for its first solar power projects, announced in 2013, has been postponed. “It hasn’t been approved yet, we are in a waiting mode,” s...
Consortium of Iranian, Korean and Indian Firms to Build Energy Park
Trade Arabia reported that a group of Iranian, Indian and South Korean companies plan to establish an energy park in Iran’s Khuzestan province. Investments for the project total in at $10b and will generate 1,000 mega...
Iran Launches Geothermal Project Amid Power-Draining Heat Wave
Trade Arabia reported that Iran is building the Middle East’s first geothermal power plant. The pilot station will be in northwestern Meshgin Shahr, Ardabil province, at the foot of a dormant volcano. The 50-meg...
Dubai Solar Palm Trees Provide Gridless, Free Telecoms Power
Dubai-based D Idea announced that their photovoltaic Smart Palms can generate around 7. 2 kilowatt hours per day, reported Reuters. The six-meter-tall tree with its leaf-shaped solar modules, then, can operate without...
Rooftop Renewables Study in Oman Calls for Feed-in-Tariff System
Oman is making the best of rooftop solar panels, reported Trade Arabia, thanks to Photovoltaic (PV) systems that could offer an estimated 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of energy. Khalil Alzidi, Senior Engineer for Renewable Ener...
Dubai’s DEWA Backing Regional Solar Energy Transformation
Dubai Electricity and Watar Authority (Dewa) announced that it will back the Gulf Sol 2015 regional solar summit, reported Trade Arabia, and participate in the Global Solar Leaders’ Summit. The first event will ...
Iran Importing and Developing Own Critical Solar Power Technologies
Iran’s Sunir company and Spain’s company Bester signed a cooperation agreement on Monday, reported Press TV. For the first 18 months Bester will function as a consulting company and then an investor in joint renewable...
DEWA to Harness Happy Exercising as Further Source of Smart Renewables
AME Info news service said that Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative called Al Saada (Arabic for ‘happiness’) based on generating renewable e...
