Majid Al Futtaim, shopping mall, retail and leisure builder across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has plans to use solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to generate at least five per cent of its total energy consumption at existing developments by 2018
Renewables
Turning UAE?s sunlight into steam
The UAE?s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a low-cost solar device that can convert sunlight to steam
SADAFCO launches solar power project in Riyadh
Saudia dairy and foodstuff company (SADAFCO) has commenced operations of its solar power project, utilising a photovoltaic (PV)-diesel hybrid system that can deliver up to 40 per cent of the facility?s daytime energy requirements
Iran plans first renewable energy projects tender by 2016-end
Iran is planning its first tender for utility-scale renewable-energy projects by 2016-end so that it could draw US$12bn investment by the time it is complete, reports suggest