Makkah Municipality has announced that it will install a solar-powered street lighting system in the Saudi Arabian city
Renewables
First Solar joins Desertec as new shareholder
First Solar has announced that it has joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) as a new shareholder in March 2013
BAUER Nimr to build 'green' sewage treatment plant in Oman
BAUER Nimr has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Hyundai Engineering Company to develop a sewage treatment plant that could reach a capacity of 300 cu/m per day
Libya could produce 'more energy from solar power than oil'
Nottingham Trent University has released a report suggesting that Libya could generate at least five times the amount of energy from solar power than it currently produces from crude oil