UAE’s nuclear energy program on track
The UAE’s $20 billion (Dh73.5 billion) civil nuclear program is on schedule with the country’s first nuclear reactor slated to...
Power & Electricity
Alstom wins $972 million Saudi power plant contract
Alstom, a global leader in power generation equipment and service, has won a 750 million euros ($972 million) contract to...
Siemens and Toyota Tsusho collaborate on Iraqi electricity
Siemens Turkey and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho are to build 24 electricity distribution centers in Iraq, in a deal worth $81...
Qatar's installed power capacity doubles in two years as demand rises
Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) expects that Qatar's per capita power consumption will remain one of the highest in the GCC...
France to invest in the electricity sector of Iraq
Boris Boluon, the French ambassador to Iraq has remarked that his country is keen to invest in Iraq, especially in...
Lebanon: No quick fix for industry’s power problems
While over time industry should be one of the major beneficiaries of Lebanon’s plans to tap its offshore oil and...
The world’s largest solar power plant in Abu Dhabi to cost $600 million
The inauguration of the world’s largest solar power plant in operation, the $600 million, 100 megawatt Shams-1 located 120 kilometers...
Solar panels for Bekaa Valley farms
In Lebanon’s fertile Bekaa Valley, a hobby farmer is sowing the seeds of solar energy, an idea that might help...
Lebanon signs $348 million contract for power plants
The Energy Ministry signed a $348 million contract with a Danish-German consortium to build new power plants in Jiyyeh and...
Saudi Energy 2013 attracts leading alternative energy companies worldwide
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is fast becoming a leading investor in alternative energy with the KSA Government announcing various...
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