The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates in Oman or ‘Madayn’ has inked a contract with renewable energy company Wadi Solar under which allocation of land will be made for the development of a 100 MW capacity solar photovoltaic project. The land allocation will be made in the Suhar Industrial City. The contract for the solar project was signed on the sidelines of 30th anniversary celebrations of Suhar Industrial City that lies in Suhar which is the capital and largest city of the Al Batinah North Governorate. The project will be established as part of a larger strategy of Madayn under…
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Giving new heights to the green power generation in the Arabic country of Jordan, the Baynouna Solar Energy Company (BSCE) has announced the formal inauguration of the 200- MW Baynouna Solar Park – the largest clean energy project in Jordan. BSCE is a joint venture between the UAE’s renewable energy company Masdar and Finnish investment and asset management group Taaleri. The inauguration was held in the presence of Jordan PM, Bisher Al-Khasawneh and Masdar Chairman and UAE Minister Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber among other key dignitaries. Al Jaber, said, “Along with our other project here – the Tafila Wind…
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, welcomed Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), to the company’s Al Taweelah site in Abu Dhabi. Chief Executive Officer, EGA, Abdulnasser Bin Kalban and a team of executives welcomed Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hammadi and his delegation. The discussions were held on how the two companies will each contribute to the UAE’s clean energy future. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has a strategic initiative with TAQA, Dubal Holding and EWEC to divest its natural gas-fired power plants…
The world’s largest solar-powered data centre, also recognised by the Guinness World Records, was recently inaugurated in Dubai. The facility is located at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, on Thursday(16feb) inaugurated the green data centre of Data Hub Integrated Solutions LLC (Moro Hub), a subsidiary of Digital Dewa. The agreement was signed between Moro Hub and its key technology partners and customers including Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Huawei, VMWare, Emirates…
ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination, and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has announced that four separate agreements have been finalized for the development of new renewable energy in the Republic of Azerbaijan. With this, Azerbaijan now has wind power projects at a total capacity of 2.5 GW and the creation of battery energy storage systems for the first time in the country. In line with ACWA Power’s commitment to lead and enable energy transition underpinned by its robust public-private partnership model, the company has signed key implementation agreements with the Ministry of…
UAE flagship RE developer Masdar has opened its new office in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan to provide speed and strength to renewable energy development in the Central Asian country. The inauguration event for the office, located in Port Baku Tower, was attended by many high dignitaries, Masdar officials and other industry guests. Masdar said that it will work closely with the government and other stakeholders in Azerbaijan to accelerate the growth of its renewable energy sector, as the country movers towards a low-carbon future. Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chairman, Masdar, said, “The UAE and Azerbaijan both recognize…
Together with France and the United Arab Emirates, India will collaborate on and look at opportunities worth exploring in the Indian Ocean region. In a telephonic exchange held recently, the Foreign Ministers of the said countries expressed an interest in uniting forces in the areas of solar energy, climate change and biodiversity. UAE’s Finance Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, India’s Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna. A statement by the Government said that during the call, the involved parties mutually agreed that the trilateral will prove to be…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that it invested almost $900 million (€839 million) in 26 projects in Uzbekistan, making it the leading recipient of its funding in Central Asia for the third year running. EBRD held that most of the investments were made in sectors like renewable energy and banking. The previous record for the bank’s annual investment in the country was $690 million set in 2021. Aligning For Green Transition EBRD said that it continues to work on the improvement of the investment climate in Uzbekistan by facilitating the first plenary session of the…
The UAE is planning to completely operationalise one of its solar power projects before the next Conference of Parties under UNFCCC (COP-28) kicks in this year. The Al Dhafra solar power project will be one of the largest in the world once it comes online fully. The next COP will take place in the UAE. The Arabian country wants to generate renewable energy that could meet half of its power by 2050 and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century. The Al Dhafra solar power project near Abu Dhabi will generate 2.1 gigawatts of green energy that…
Global leading inverter and energy storage system solution supplier Sungrow has announced that it has signed a strategic distribution agreement for PV inverter solutions with Al-Babtain Leblanc. The company said that the new collaboration will further facilitate Saudi Vision 2030 ambitions to accelerate the energy transition and achieve sustainability goals. The official statement of Sungrow held that the distribution agreement plays a vital role in positioning Al-Babtain LeBlanc as the “partner of choice” for the Saudi Arabia market as a new distributor in the country for residential, commercial, and industrial solar energy products. The firm mentioned that in line with…