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Morocco solar energy deals led by Saudi Arabia

ACWA rumored to win the contract to build a 160 MW CSP project in in the south of Morocco.

Visionary Masdar CEO Named “Champion of the Earth” by UN

Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the Masdar CEO, is the recipient of this year’s United Nations’ Champions of the Earth award. The award honours individuals...

Saudi Arabian Solar Chosen by South Africa

A Saudi solar project with gigantic storage could deliver solar at night in South Africa. Saudi Arabia might not spring to mind as a nation...

Details Emerge of Saudi’s $109 Billion Solar Plan

Saudi Arabia could be running one third of the planet’s CSP plants by 2030. With the recent announcement of the most ambitious solar plan in...

Why Did the Saudis Just Go Big in Solar? Oil Prices.

Saudi Arabia will save an estimated 690,000 barrels of oil a day by investing in renewables. Wonder just why Saudi Arabia finally got serious about...

Arava Drags Israel into Solar Century with 58.5 MW Project Licensed, Contracted, and Financed

Is the sun finally rising on Israeli solar? After a very slow start in solar energy production, Israel is finally beginning to join her Arab...

Qatar’s Polysilicon Manufacturing to Help Supply 10 Percent Solar Goal

Qatar to tap the solar potential of the Middle East to supply 10 percent of its electricity by 2018. Qatar is the latest of the...

Poverty Group Objects to Clean Technology Fund in Morocco

Claiming the the World Bank's Clean Technology Fund is supposed to be used to alleviate poverty, a British group is objecting to the use of...

Egypt to Test Unique CSP Solar/Biomass Hybrid Plant

This wood waste may not look like fuel for a solar power plant, but it soon could be.

$109 Billion Solar Plan to Power a Third of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has finally noticed it has twenty centuries of solar reserves and has made plans to tap them. For its own use.The Kingdom has just announced a...
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