BP along with Statkraft and Aker Offsore Wind agreed to establish a consortium bidding to develop offshore wind energy in Norway.

Investments in the new project are expected to reach around EGP 4 billion.

Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker will inaugurate a 580-megawatt (MW) wind farm this weekend.

Oman is set to commence work on its first wind-power project.

Engie, a French energy company, is planning to set up two power plants – wind and solar - in Egypt, an investment worth $490m, according to the company’s Regional Director for North Africa, Amin Homan Lodi.

Kinangop's 60.8MW wind project in central Kenya, worth $144m and backed by a joint venture between Macquarie Group and Old Mutual Investment Group has been cancelled due to opposition from local landowners and farmers.

The Jordanian government announced a launch of the region's first utility-scale wind power plant, the 117MW Tafila wind farm project to displace 235,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has signed cost-sharing agreements with 24 renewable energy companies, which have qualified for the feed-in tariff program to build solar and wind power plants.

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., or Taqa, has filed with US energy regulators to sell its stake in the Lakefield wind power plant in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with London-based investor Actis LLP to establish a wind-powered electricity plant in the Gulf of Suez.