Susan Kraemer

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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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...

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 World Bank funds in Morocco to deploy a Desertec solar project in Morocco that will export power to Europe.

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...

Mebiol’s Futuristic Hydrogel to Grow Food on Desert Sand

A hydrogel could make deserts flourish with crops grown on under a fifth of the water.

Why BrightSource Did not Need that IPO

When BrightSource withdrew its IPO this month, the death knell for solar was sounded, as always. The truth is...