New Al Twar kindergarten will be ‘first in the UAE to have a coloured solar façade’

Dubai Investments says it is installing a first-of-its-kind set of coloured panels for a kindergarten building by Dubai Municipality in the Al...

Consultant

ENOC opens third solar powered service station in Dubai

The ENOC Group has opened its third solar-powered service station in Dubai’s Discovery Gardens. The 75,004sqft station is part of the group’s...

German-based ib vogt begins construction of Egypt solar project

Work has begun on three solar power plants in Benban, in the Aswan Governorate of Egypt. Engineering firm ib vogt is serving...

Experts

The Power of the Sun

What solar energy techniques and technologies are being looked at and deployed in the GCC? One of the defining technologies that we...

Consultant

Petroleum Development Oman opens tender for 100MW solar plant

O&G exploration and development firm Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has invited companies to participate in a competitive tender for a 100MW solar...

Infrastructure

Abu Dhabi sees 6% growth in solar electricity production

Production of solar electricity in Abu Dhabi reached 280,085 MW per hour, a growth of 6.1 percent compared to 2015, according to...

Sustainability

Majid Al Futtaim to outfit four UAE malls with solar panels by 2018

Majid Al Futtaim has announced that it will work with Enova to outfit four of its shopping malls with solar panels by...

Infrastructure

UAE initiatives ‘help lower renewable energy prices’

The UAE has contributed significantly to making renewable energy cheaper to produce, according to a Japanese study. The report, compiled by Japan’s...

Infrastructure

Second phase of Dubai’s MBR Solar Park ‘80% complete’

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed that 80% of the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar...

Features

Project profile: Shams Ma’an solar plant, Jordan

Earlier this year, First Solar, an American-owned photovoltaic solar energy solutions provider, announced that it had commissioned the 52.5MW Shams Ma’an project...