Daily News Wrap-Up: Ministry Launches Smart Grid Knowledge Centre to Support Innovation
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Union Minister for Power (MoP), R.K. Singh, and Minister of State for Power, Krishan Pal Gurjar, launched ...
Saudi Arabia Aims to Generate 15 TWh of Renewable Energy Annually by 2024
Saudi Arabia plans to generate 15.1 TWh of renewable energy annually by 2024 that will be sufficient to meet the power requirements of 692,557 households, said the Kingdom’s General Authority for ...
Saudi Arabia Shortlists Bidders for its 1.2 GW Solar Tender
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy announced the list of bids received from developers to participate in the country's third phase of renewable energy projects. The third phase includes four solar ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Masdar-led Consortium to Develop 300 MW Solar Project
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Masdar-led renewable energy consortium, with EDF Renewables and Nesma Company, has reached a financial close on ...
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power Secures $114 Million for the 200 MW Solar Project in Egypt
Saudi Arabia’s energy giant ACWA Power has received a $114 million financing package for the 200 MW Kom Ombo solar project in Egypt from four agencies. The European Bank for ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: BP to Build Britain’s Largest Hydrogen Plant
Energy group BP aims to build Britain's largest hydrogen plant by 2030 as part of its push to boost the use of fuel and cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Teesside ...
L&T Construction Bags EPC Order to Set Up 1.5 GW Solar PV Project in Saudi Arabia
The renewables arm of Larsen & Toubro’s Power Transmission & Distribution Business has secured a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from the consortium of ACWA Power and the ...
How Carbon Dioxide Gas Can Help Develop High-Performance Solar Cells
A group of researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia said they discovered a process for depositing silicon oxide on silicon wafers to ...
Green Hydrogen Production Facility Worth $5 Billion to Come Up in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM
Air Products, in collaboration with ACWA Power and NEOM, announced the signing of an agreement to develop a $5 billion (~₹372.7 billion) green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable ...
Dubai’s Renewable Energy Share in its Power Mix Exceeds Target
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that the share of renewable energy in Dubai’s Energy mix has increased to nearly 9%. This exceeds the target set in ...
Saudi Arabia Shortlists Solar Bidders for Round 2 of National Renewable Energy Program
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has published the names of the shortlisted bidders for the round two of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP). Al Blagha Holding for Investments Company ...
Saudi Arabia Announces List of Pre-Qualified Bidders for its 1.2 GW Solar Tender
The Saudi Arabia Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) has announced the list of companies that are pre-qualified to bid in round three for a combined solar capacity of 1.2 ...
Yellow Door to Help APICORP Install Solar and Energy-Efficient Technologies in Saudi Arabia
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development financial institution, has signed two agreements with Yellow Door Energy to install a rooftop solar system at APICORP’s headquarters in Dammam ...
Saudi Arabia Announces a 1.2 GW Solar Tender
In line with the country’s National Renewable Energy Program, the Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia has issued the request for qualification (RfQ) for four solar projects with a cumulative ...
ACWA Power to Develop 250 MW of Solar Projects in Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has won two 125 MW solar projects in Ethiopia in the country’s first round of solar program under Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The projects will be located ...
UAE Signs MoU with IRENA to Introduce Renewable Energy Studies in its Education System
The UAE Ministry of Education plans to introduce training initiatives around low-carbon forms of energy into its national education system. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Hussain ...
APICORP Signs $75 Million Term Facility with Saudi-Based Renewable Developer Alfanar
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development financial institution, has signed a strategic five-year Murabaha financing facility worth $75 million with Alfanar Company, a developer and engineering procurement ...
Iraq Floats Tender for 755 MW of Solar Capacity
Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity and the National Investment Commission (NIC) has invited bids for the construction of seven solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects with a total capacity of 755 MW ...
Dubai’s AMEA Power Achieves Financial Closure for a 50 MW Solar Project in Jordan
Renewable energy project developer, AMEA, has announced financial closure for a 50 MW solar project in Jordan. The company has announced that it has secured $74 million for the Al ...
India Imposes Anti-dumping Duty on Import of Solar EVA Sheets from 4 Countries
The government of India has notified the imposition of anti-dumping duty on the ‘Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)’ sheets for solar modules imported from China PR, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand ...
Kuwait-Saudi Consortium Wins 500 MW Solar Project in Oman
A consortium of Kuwait and Saudi Arabian companies has won the bid to develop 500 MW of large utility-scale solar independent power projects (IPP) located at Ibri in Oman, according ...
Bangladesh Signs Agreement with Saudi-Based Alfanar for 100 MW of Solar Power Projects
The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (ECGB) and Alfanar of Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement for the construction of 100 MW of solar power projects. The total capacity of ...
Argentina and Saudi Arabia Sign Framework Agreement of International Solar Alliance
Two new countries, Argentina and Saudi Arabia, have signed the framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), joining hands with India towards a common goal of sustainability. The ISA ...
India Likely to Impose Anti-Dumping Duty on Solar EVA Sheet Imports for 5 Years
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duty on the imports of the Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) sheets for solar modules imported from China PR, ...
Saudi Arabia Announces 1.5 GW Solar Tender
In line with the country’s National Renewable Energy Programme (NREP), Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO), has invited expressions of interest for seven greenfield solar PV projects with ...
