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Energy City Qatar on Target for 2012

In a press conference this week, the CEO of Energy City Qatar (ECQ), Hesham al-Emadi, expressed confidence that the $2.6 billion project will be...

Kawar and Italian Solar Energy Plan "Shams Ma'an" Solar Plant for South Jordan

A solar project established in Jordan. New financing and a partnership with Italian company aims to solar up southern Jordan. Image via Arabcrunch. With no...

Arava Power to "Electrify" the Negev Desert After Signing 15 Solar Energy Deals

Arava Power Team: "We Are The Power!" Israel's Arava Power Company (APC) one of the country's top solar energy producers, is now working towards supplying solar...

Masdar "Greens" Egyptian Sugar Co. With Fuel Switch from Mazut Oil to Natural Gas

If you enjoy sweet treats from Cairo, they are about to get sweeter: Cairo sugar co is now greening its emissions by switching to...

Are Golan Heights Wind Turbines Taking a "Back Seat" to Solar Power?

Wind versus sun on the Golan Heights: which will win? The Golan Heights, currently under dispute by both Israel and Syria, was thought to become a...

Canada Strikes Natural Gas Worth $6 Billion Off Israel's Coast

As a kid who grew up in Canada with natural gas heating, cooking and a natural gas clothes dryer, it's great news to see...

Abu Dhabi's "Masdar Clean Tech Fund" Closes First Fund At $265 Million

A new fund based in Abu Dhabi to accelerate clean tech has just closed its first round of financing. Masdar City is expected to...

Israel and Texas to Collaborate on Clean Tech at "Cleanovation Conference"

Solar energy companies from Israel are expected to be of great interest in Texas. A new meet in February hopes to make matches between...

Coriolis Scales Up for the Wind

When we think of wind turbines, we tend to picture the standard massive turbine fans the size of airplane wings created by companies like Vestas.

Saudi Arabia Seeks to Join International Renewable Energy Group IRENA

Will Saudi Arabia's IRENA Membership Help Influence  Environmental Change? Saudi Arabia, a country which still contains much of the world's remaining petroleum reserves, is now trying to...

Is Israel Coming out of The Nuclear Closet by Planning Nuclear Power Station?

Cleaner Than Coal? We Doubt it. But Israel mulls nuclear power. It's not just Abu Dhabi looking to build a nuclear power plant for generating...

Sunday Solar to Build Large Solar Array on "Damaged" Negev Land

Israeli solar energy innovator Sunday Energy has been chosen to construct a solar energy panel array in a section of the country's Negev desert...

Eltel Networks Smart Meters A Good Example for Middle East Countries to Follow

A "Smart Meter" vs The Old Standby Many experts articles dealing with energy talk about saving energy costs using systems currently in operation.  Such...

Masdar, Boeing, Etihad and Honeywell to Establish the UAE’s First Biofuel Research Project

Partners shake hands on a new seawater-desert biofuel system to be located in Abu Dhabi. This news in from Dubai: The Masdar Institute...

Biofuel Project for Qatar Airways and Airbus

Will Qatar's air buses be biofueled? The Persian Gulf Emirate of Qatar, together with Qatar Airways, Qatar Science and Technology Park and Petroleum Company have...

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AI data centers are triggering panic, instead of cleantech opportunities

AI may unintentionally become the economic engine that finally modernizes America’s aging grid. California is experiencing a massive AI data center boom, ranking 3rd in the U.S. with 227 operating centers and 54 more in development as of April 2026, according to Stanford.

Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

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24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.
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