KJC will create a joint venture with Soitec to sell concentrator photovoltaic systems in Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Pink Dispatcher/Flickr)

Saudi Arabian investment firm Khaled Juffali Company (KJC) and French solar power solutions provider Soitec have entered into an agreement that will see the companies cooperate to boost the solar energy sector in Saudi Arabia

Omans Rural Areas Electricity Company (RAECO) has said it is in advanced talks with private developers to build pilot solar and wind power projects in Mazyona and Masirah

Abu Dhabis Masdar has launched the Shams 1 solar power plant in collaboration with French energy company Total and Spain?s energy infrastructure firm Abengoa Solar

Makkah Municipality has announced that it will install a solar-powered street lighting system in the Saudi Arabian city