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Tour One of the Largest Solar Thermal Projects on Earth at MENASOL 2012

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Has Israel Become a Petrostate?

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Malta to Get State-of-the-Art Floating Wind Farm from Hexicon

Sweden's Hexicon to supply Malta with 10% of its electricity with a platform-mounting floating wind farm Despite the fact that the EU is willing to...

Jordan’s Green Fairytale- ‘Once Upon A Water’ Campaign

Launched by 7iberINC, Once Upon A Water aims to tell the story of Jordan's vanishing water supply and how they can have a 'happily...

Politics Makes Scrapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Gulf Difficult

Making fuel subsidies a thing of the past may 'half the global carbon target', but politics is a real barrier to change in rich...

Siemens Sells First 100 MW of Turbines to Morocco

The German renewable energy giant Siemens Energy has just secured its first wind turbine orders within Africa, with orders for two new wind farms going...

Syria’s Organic Food Market Ripe for Exports to Europe

With farming traditions that are already "organic", embattled Syria can easily become an important organic food producer, based on climate, practices and location to...

Thirsty Gulf Country Quits Exports of Precious Groundwater

Abu Dhabi will no longer be sharing their precious groundwater. Dubai's water scarce neighbor Abu Dhabi recently announced that it has banned all groundwater exports,...

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