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It’s Baby Steps for Saudi’s Biggest Solar Plant

Built anywhere else, a 3.5 MW photovoltaic solar plant wouldn't even elicit a whisper from mainstream news outlets. But one completed in Saudi Arabia...

Katerva’s 10 World Changing Sustainable Projects for 2012

While there are no winners from the Middle East this year, an important awards organization Katerva scours the globe for people and organizations that...

Chaim Weizmann’s Fermentation Invention Used for Biofuel Production in USA

In 1914, thirty-five years before Chaim Weizmann would become Israel's first president, he discovered a fermentation process for harnessing bacteria to produce large quantities of useful chemicals. For this discovery, Weizmann was called the father of industrial fermentation.

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Masdar held a packed press conference late last week to announce its launch of three renewably-powered desalination pilot projects. On the last day of...

Shams 1: The World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Plant Nears Completion

Abu Dhabi wants to ensure that by 2020, seven percent of the nation's energy mix will be comprised of renewables, and Shams 1 -...

10 Smartphone Apps to Green Up 2013

Did December gifting or a year-end bonus put a new smartphone in your hand?  Check out ten mostly-free apps that will help you live...

Masdar’s Winning Blog: Demystifying the Water-Energy Nexus

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Masdar Preps for 6th Energy Summit Amid Climate Turmoil

Amid some of the worst flooding seen in the Middle East in decades and increasingly dire reports about climate change, Masdar will host the...

RecycloEgy Aims to Scrub Cairo’s Black Cloud and Make Money

Every year when farmers start harvesting their sugar cane, maize and other crops, Cairenes brace themselves for what is ominously known as "The Black...

Yemeni Girls Solar Power Post-Revolution Darkness

A group of Yemeni high school girls have created a suite of solar-powered gadgets to help illuminate their country's post-revolution darkness. When the first...

Popular Wind-Powered Bamboo Landmine Detonator Needs Support

Land mines kill 42 people every month. They're all over Egypt, where Bedouins frequently lose limbs while daring desert treks, and in 81 other...

Jordan’s Tiny Renewable Sector Receives a Fast $300 Million Boost

When 97 percent of a nation's energy is imported, every renewable energy gift counts. Jordan received a $300 million grant from the Gulf Cooperation...

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Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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