Masdar signs $1.6bn refinancing deal for Dudgeon wind farm

Masdar along with Equnior and China Resources Group have signed a hybrid refinancing agreement worth $1.6bn for its 402MW Dudgeon wind farm...

Analysis

Retrofitting: Why we must fight the ‘green painters’

Despite the Middle East becoming ever more aware of energy saving, many organisations are still reluctant to retrofit and make changes to...

Consultant

The chequered history of renewables adoption in the MENA region

To find out more about the region’s latest trends and forecasts, New Energy Update invited key project partners to the MENA New...

Construction

Rosatom shortlisted for next stage of bidding for Saudi’s first nuclear project

Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has advanced to the next stage of competitive bidding on the Kingdom’s first nuclear power project...

Construction

Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Unit 3 achieves key milestones

Construction of Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has achieved a number of key milestones according to the Emirates Nuclear...

Construction

Majid Al Futtaim and Enova complete first phase of MoE’s solar PV plant

Majid Al Futtaim, the UAE-based shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure developer with operations across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has...

Construction

Masdar completes massive off-grid solar power installation in Morocco

Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar has successfully completed the installation of an off-grid solar power project for 19,438 homes in more...

Construction

Egypt to float international tender for nuclear station

After freezing its nuclear programme following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, Egypt will launch an international tender to build its first nuclear...

Construction

ENEC to submit construction license applications by 2012 end

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) will submit the construction license application for two nuclear power plant units at the Barakah site...