Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) / Truebbach (Switzerland), January 16, 2012. Oerlikon Solar presented its 2nd generation ThinFabTM at the World Future Energy Summit 2012 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi today. This end-to-end production line resets the standard for manufacturing sustainable solar modules at low cost and high quality. The new design reduces capital expenditure (Capex) [...]
Solar stocks could get a boost as Saudi Arabia has announced a $109 billion plan to create a solar industry that will generate a third of the nation’s electricity within two decades.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 January, 2012: I am pleased to be with you for this Assembly at the beginning of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Abu Dhabi, home to IRENA and host of the [...]
Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar – Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company and SENER – the Spanish engineering and construction firm, announced today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi that the Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants – two identical 50 MW parabolic trough plants, located in Cadiz, in the South [...]
Petra Solar and Enviromena Power Systems today announced an alliance agreement that enables the two market leaders to join forces to develop solar and smart grid projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Combining Petra Solar’s innovative smart energy technology with Enviromena’s expertise in development of renewable energy projects in MENA will advance [...]
The pieces and policies for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf are seemingly drawing inexorably together. Since 24 December the Iranian Navy has been holding its ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises, covering an area in the Arabian Sea stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of [...]
Earlier this month, SGS attended the inauguration of a groundbreaking project Gemasolar, the new concentrated solar power plant, located in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain as the world’s leading inspection, testing, certification and verification company involved in the construction, commissioning and operation phase of the facility. Gemasolar, owned by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s [...]
The new solar power plant Gemasolar in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain was officially inaugurated yesterday by  His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain. Owned by [...]
The Zayed Future Energy Prize, recently announced the top 40 entries to compete for the 2011 Prize. The Prize is the most prestigious and internationally recognised award for innovation, performance and leadership in sustainable and renewable energy projects. Entries from 13 nations have been selected for their contribution to sustainable and renewable energy solutions. The [...]
SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) has announced the construction of a 1-megawatt solar power system on the roof of the Masdar Institute building, Masdar City, located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The system is installed on a canopy structure that provides shade for the roof terrace as well as clean, renewable solar power for [...]
Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier which prides itself on delivering technically advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract to design and supply a solar steam generator system (preheaters, drum-type evaporators, and [...]
At the world’s first Clean Energy Ministerial, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the United States is helping launch more than 10 international clean energy initiatives. These initiatives will cut energy waste; help deploy smart grid, electric vehicle, and carbon capture technologies; support renewable energy markets; expand access to clean energy resources and [...]
The first of its kind and the largest Solar Thermal Energy plant is being planned for construction in the Middle East. Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted initiative advancing the development, commercialisation and deployment of renewable and alternative energy technologies and solutions, has appointed the bidding consortium of Total and Abengoa Solar as a partner to own, [...]
RSS
FeedBurner Newslette
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
