Energy

China Energy Engineering has signed a USD 972 million (EUR 889.2m) deal to construct a 2 GW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Saudi Arabia. The EPC contract was signed between …

Almost 80 world leaders and Nobel Prize winners have condemned the removal of “fossil fuels” from the latest draft of the UN Pact for the Future. In an open letter …

Saudi-listed ACWA Power has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with state-owned electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (PLN) for a 60MW Saguling Floating Solar PV Project in Indonesia. …

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (Empower) has announced it has commenced construction of a new district cooling plant in Dubai’s Deira district. The new plant will serve over 46 …

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has signed an R&D MoU with Aramco. The agreement will see the latter fund up to $100 million in research and development …

Egypt and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are discussing cooperation across a number of areas, including advancing renewable energy development. Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mahmoud Esmat, recently …

A new report from Ember on global wind targets has found that the world is currently on course to fall short of tripling goals. National wind targets set the world …

Seventy-two countries are facing an 8,700 terawatt-hour (TWh) “green power gap,” says a new report by The Rockefeller Foundation.  According to the report, that gap, affecting 3.8 billion people across …

This week, Jordan’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF), affiliated with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, signed an agreement with the USAID Business Growth Project to enhance …