Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has agreed to buy a 50 per cent interest in the US-based Lakefield wind project from a subsidiary of France-based utility Electricite de France SA (EDF)
Renewables
Qatar to build 1,800MW solar power plant
Qatar will seek tenders for a 1,800MW solar energy plant in 2014, according to the local organiser of the UN Climate Change Conference COP 18, which is currently taking place in Doha
World?s largest solar plant nears completion in Abu Dhabi
Masdar has announced that the largest single-unit solar power plant in the world is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012 and will officially open in Abu Dhabi in Q1 2013
ACWA-led consortium signs US$1 billion power pact with Morocco
A consortium led by ACWA Power International, has signed a US$1 billion contract with the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) to provide Morocco with electricity from the country?s first solar-thermal power plant