The 200MW CSP plant will be operational in 2017. (Image source: Worklife Siemens/Flickr)

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that it is building the world?s largest concentrated solar power project (CSP), which will generate 200MW next year and will reach 1,000MW by 2030

Saudi Arabian companies have invested close to US$5.5bn in renewable projects globally. (Image source: Patrick Moore/sxc.hu)

Saudi Arabia can meet its growing power needs solely through the deployment of new solar projects with energy storage, Ibrahim Babelli, deputy minister, Ministry of Economy and Planning of Saudi Arabia, said at the MENASol 2016 conference held recently

Global energy company, Total, has announced plans to invest in Qatars solar energy sector by establishing local partnerships

The solar power will annually offset 42,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in remote and strategic areas across the North African country. (Image source: Unsplash/Pixabay)

Masdar has completed and put into operation in Egypt a number of large-scale photovoltaic (PV) plants and solar-diesel hybrid systems with a combined capacity of 30MW and 7,000 off-grid residential PV systems