The world is placing a premium on adoption of renewable sources of energy, and the town of Sargaya in Syria is following the lead too. The town is set to welcome two solar power plants. The Ministry of Electricity in Syria will be looking into the establishment of a 100 kW solar power plant. It will reach completion this year and provide power to close to 100 homes. Another solar power plant with capacity 50 kW is also in the works and being developed by a private firm. It will be in operation by next year. The plant will meet…
Author: Saur News Bureau
The Kingdom of Bahrain has begun the implementation of National Energy Transition Plan, which aims to bolster renewable energy. Bahrain is aiming to augment the renewable energy claim in its cumulative electricity generation to 5% by 2025, advancing to 20% by 2035. The President of the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA), Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, underlined Bahrain’s dedication to diversification of energy resources and enabling the transition to sustainable energy, keeping step with the COP26 commitments it has made. The EWA has carried out measures aimed at streamlining the connection process for renewable energy applications. It has also laid out…
A totalEnergies-led international consortium has received financing for a 119 MW Solar PV project in Saudi Arabia. The firm won the project in a 2021-’22 tender held by the Saudi Government. Located in Wadi Al Dawasir, the Dawasir Valley, it has a capacity of 119 MW. The project will be developed by the international consortium, led by France’s TotalEnergies, Japan’s Toyota Tsusho, and Saudi’s Altaaqa Renewable Energy (Zahid Group). The financing for the project has been received from Apicorp and Riyadh Bank for a utility-scale solar project in Saudi Arabia. It may be noted that in the 2021 and 2022…
Oman is emerging as one of the favourite countries in the middle-east region for renewable resources and green hydrogen. It has already started the development of a green hydrogen based sector in line with the government’s net zero strategy. Recently,to this end, a high-level Omani delegation led by Mohsin bin Hamad Al Hadhrami, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, visited Italy and Switzerland. Discussions were held in the areas of renewable energy and green hydrogen towards the further consolidation of bilateral ties in Italy. Investments to Oman were discussed and knowledge was also exchanged with leading companies, institutions and…
To strengthen its strategic partnership with ACWA Power and to promote the development of renewable energy projects amongst other infrastructural projects, in line with the directives of the China’s Belt and Road initiative, China Construction Bank (DIFC Branch), a Chinese state-owned lender has signed three-year revolving credit facility (RCF) agreement with Saudi’s ACWA Power. With this, ACWA Power will have cess to a USD$100 million credit facility. This is in line with company’s strategic plans to scale its power and water generation portfolio in the Middle East and the Belt & Road countries and contribute to the social and economic…
Oman’s bp Oman, in partnership with Nafath Renewable Energy’s programme, ‘Mustadeem 4’ and in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, has successfully supported many Omani farms by providing RE sources. ‘Mustadeem 4’ is a social investment programme launched by Oman’s Nafath Renewable Energy, last year in partnership with bp Oman, an energy firm. The programme has a target to provide 54 independent 10 kilowatt solar energy systems for water pumps, greenhouses and farms in the Wilayat of Al Suwaiq and Al Khaburah. These areas were previously hit by Cyclone Shaheen. The programme has completed the construction…
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter ex-China, is moving ahead with its plans towards carbon neutrality. To this end, it has commissioned three solar charging stations that will cater to Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Solar-electric powered industrial Personnel Carriers (PCs) being driven within the smelter’s premises. It may be noted that the firm launched an ESG Roadmap in April last year. “These stations would contribute to an estimated combined savings of around 110,000 KWhr per year, corresponding to a reduction of 42 tonnes of CO2 emissions,” the firm said in a statement. It further informed, “Each station is…
The electric air taxi boasts a maximum airspeed of 110 kilometres per hour The 18-rotor aircraft has room for a pilot and a passenger This is the first time an eVTOL aircraft received special flight authorization and performed test flights in the Kingdom NEOM, a region in northwest Saudi Arabia, and Volocopter, the German air mobility company, have announced the successful completion of a series of air taxi test flights. This marks the first time an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft has received special flight authorization and performed test flights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The flight…
To boost the collaboration and gain insights into the leading global practices and experiences in various areas including renewable and clean energy, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), held a meeting with a delegation from the Hong Kong Ambassadors Club. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA met Jeffrey Lam, Co-Founder and Director of the Hong Kong Ambassadors Club, as well as a distinguished Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government. They discussed about the leading global practices and experiences in various areas, including smart city technologies, the Internet of Things…
Oman can be a competitive low-emission hydrogen supplier by 2030, says the latest IEA report. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol presented the new report titled ‘Renewable Hydrogen from Oman: A Producer Economy in Transition’, to Oman’s Minister of Energy and Minerals Salim Al Aufi during a round-table meeting with senior IEA leaders and analysts at the Agency’s headquarters in Paris. The first IEA report of its kind that analyses renewable hydrogen potential in a fossil fuel producer country said that high-quality renewable energy resources and vast tracts of available land in Oman,favours the country in producing large quantities of low-emissions…