Jordan plans to boost its renewables capacity to meet electricity demand and curb imports of fossil fuels. (Image source: vaxomatic/Flickr)

International Finance Corp. (IFC), the World Bank?s investment arm, will complete financing for a US$300mn wind power plant in Jordan in the coming weeks, allowing construction to start before the end of the year

Various government agencies in Saudi Arabia are currently assessing the renewable energy potential in places where plants could be set up. (Image source: PinkDispatcher/Flickr)

Saudi Arabia?s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has announced plans to start producing desalinated water using solar energy by 2014

ACWA Power is bidding for a 100MW solar power project in Saudi Arabia, going up against a consortium led by Electricite de France. (Image source: Wikimedia commons)

ACWA Power is bidding for renewable energy projects worth US$3bn in the Middle East and North Africa region, that includes a 100 MW solar power plant in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The production at the Siwa solar plant would be three times more than province?s current plant capacity. (Image source: Dave Dugdale/Flickr)

The governor of Egypts Matrouh province has announced that a UAE fund has donated close to US$150,000 towards an upcoming 20 MW solar power plant project in Siwa