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Kuwait’s solar energy drive “moving fast”

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Kuwait’s plans for increasing the contribution made by renewables to the energy mix and boosting output at its refineries were among the topics explored by five industry experts in comments they gave to Oxford Business Group’s online broadcasting [...] 

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Global CO2 emissions reach historic high

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Higher energy demand drove up global CO2 emissions in 2018, hitting a new record of 33Gt, an International Energy Agency, IEA, report has revealed. 

According to the IEA ‘Global Energy & CO2 Status Report’, energy demand worldwide [...] 

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Energy in the new technological cycle: The VIII Global Energy Prize Summit in Germany

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The VIII Global Energy Prize Summit will take place at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, on April 10, 2019. Under the heading “Energy in the new technological cycle” world-leading scientists, politicians and industry experts [...] 

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Arab Investment and Development Authority (AIDA) and STC ENERGY ink deal to build 170 MW & 1GW solar power plants in Ukraine

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AIDA and STC Energy have signed a Development Framework Agreement for the development of 170 MW solar power plants and 1 GW for both on grid and micro off grid solar power plants in Ukraine that will be backed by a development investment commitment [...] 

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Akuo Energy will install the Sunstyle solar tiles on the France Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai

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By signing a partnership with COFREX (whose main shareholder is the French State), which is responsible for France’s participation in the universal exhibition, Akuo Energy will install the Sunstyle® solar tiles on the France Pavilion.

Through its [...] 

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Renewable Energy Now Accounts for a Third of Global Power Capacity

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The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today. The annual increase of 7.9 [...] 

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Apparel Group partners with SirajPower to increase consumption of clean energy

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Apparel Group, the region’s leading retailer, today celebrated the launch of its solar plant at its warehouse facilities in partnership with SirajPower, the UAE’s leading provider of solar roof. To mark the occasion, an inaugural ceremony was held [...] 

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MBR Solar Park reaches news infrastructure completion phase

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The concrete base of the tower that is part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, MBR, Solar Park, the largest single-site concentrated solar power, CSP, project in the world, has been completed. 

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and [...] 

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