First Solar has a projected installed capacity of at least 270MW across the Middle East region by 2017. (Image Source: IFC Infrastructure/Flickr)
First Solar and Al Watania Agriculture Company have announced completion of a pilot project to evaluate the use of solar electricity for sustainable power irrigation at a large farm in Saudi Arabia
UAEs Hassyan Clean Coal Power Plant project and Egypts Dairut Combined Cycle Power Project will be covered under the memorandum. (Image source: PEO ACWA/Flickr)
ACWA Power signed an MoU with Silk Road Fund Co. Ltd. at a ceremony in Riyadh on 19 January to explore joint investment and power project development prospects in the MENA region
A Power Purchase Agreement will allow ACWA to bring the decommissioned power plant back to life. (Image source: Ken Teegradin/Flickr)
ACWA Power signs 25-year PPA for the 485MW Hussein CCGT IPP
The conversion to combined cycle will boost capacity without the need for extra fuel intake. (Image source: Rob/Flickr)
Orascom Construction has agreed to undertake a US$420mn contract to convert existing simple power plants to combined cycle power plants
Bahrain is the third lowest in household rates for electricity and water among the six GCC countries. (Image source: Rory/Flickr)
Bahrain has approved the removal of subsidies for electricity and water in March this year, which will eventually see prices double for expats and large companies in the industrial sector
