Makkah to establish SR 2.4 billion solar energy project
Makkah municipality will establish a mega solar energy project, costing about SR 2.4 billion, to produce about 100 megawatt of...
Energy
A new power generation project in Oman to come up soon
A competitive process for the establishment of a new medium-sized Independent Power Project (IPP) in Dhofar Governorate is expected to...
Market for concentrated photovoltaic systems 'to double'
The concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market is forecast to double in 2012 and reach almost 90 MW or $325 million worldwide,...
Iran to export gas to Iraq by mid-2013
Iran expects to begin exporting natural gas to neighboring Iraq by the summer of 2013, an Iranian official was quoted...
Iraq approves 3 oil and gas deals
As part of Iraq's drive to attract investment to develop its energy sector, the cabinet has approved three oil and...
Seaborne power generation idea floated in ME
A power-generating system designed for remote offshore operations that could cut costs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 per...
Climate change 'could kill 100 million by 2030'
More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic...
Saudi firm wins $1 billion Morocco solar plant contract
Morocco awarded a Saudi-led consortium a $1 billion contract to build a 160 megawatt solar power plant, the first in...
Lebanon ready to drill for offshore gas
Lebanon is technically ready to start drilling for offshore natural gas reserves, its energy minister said, after exploration in around...
$780 million deal to produce 580 megawatts in Jordan
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources signed an agreement with the Amman-Asia Company for Electric Power to implement an...
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