An artists impression of the Masdar city solar plant. (Image source: First Solar)
US-based First Solar considers the Middle East as a key market for its solar technology and an area in which it is looking to expand its operations, especially in Saudi Arabia, according to the companys business development manager
Alfanar Construction has successfully completed the commissioning of the first two Siemens gas turbine units as part of the Hail-2?Power Plant?Extension-III project in Hail Province, Saudi Arabia, six weeks ahead of schedule
The Erbil Gas Power Station (EGPS). (Image source: Mass Group Holding)
Mass Global Investment Company (Mass Global), an Iraqi independent power producer, has selected General Electric (GE) to initiate a combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGT) conversion at the Erbil Power Plant in order to increase its output and efficiency
An IEA report has forecast that global renewable energy will grow 40 per cent through 2017. (Image source: Dennis van Zuijlekom/Flickr)
The International Energy Agencys (IEA) first renewable energy market report has predicted that renewable power generation across the globe will increase by more than 40 per cent in the six years through 2017
The Middle East energy sector has secured investments worth US$32.7 billion in 2012. (Image Source: Amru Essam/Flickr)
The Middle Easts energy sector has witnessed a surge of fresh investments in 2012, with 97 new power and water projects worth a total of US$32.7 billion either being constructed across the region since the beginning of this year, or due to begin before the end of the year
