Jordan plans to boost its renewables capacity to meet electricity demand and curb imports of fossil fuels. (Image source: vaxomatic/Flickr)
International Finance Corp. (IFC), the World Bank?s investment arm, will complete financing for a US$300mn wind power plant in Jordan in the coming weeks, allowing construction to start before the end of the year
Located 260km southwest of Abu Dhabi, the Shuweihat S2 plant would reportedly add 1,510MW of power to the emirate?s grid. (Image source: Jason Tessmann/Flickr)
The US$2.7bn Shuweihat S2 power and water plant, owned by Ruwais Power Company, has been inaugurated in the Al Gharbia province of Abu Dhabi
HILALCO will implement circulating water intake structures, which will form part of the Circulating Water System on the four nuclear energy plants at Barakah. (Image source: BlatantWorld/Flickr)
UAE-based Hilal Bil Badi and Partners Contracting Company (HILALCO) has won a US$60mn contract for constructing and developing infrastructure for UAE?s nuclear energy programme
Various government agencies in Saudi Arabia are currently assessing the renewable energy potential in places where plants could be set up. (Image source: PinkDispatcher/Flickr)
Saudi Arabia?s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has announced plans to start producing desalinated water using solar energy by 2014
ACWA Power is bidding for a 100MW solar power project in Saudi Arabia, going up against a consortium led by Electricite de France. (Image source: Wikimedia commons)
ACWA Power is bidding for renewable energy projects worth US$3bn in the Middle East and North Africa region, that includes a 100 MW solar power plant in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
