Energy

A DIY hack to make your air conditioner cooler

Allergic to home improvement? Here's an easy DIY chore you shouldn't sneeze at.  It will clean your air,  increase its "coolness", and save you...

Luxor’s 160 kW solar energy plants would make sun god Ra proud

Luxor home to some of Egypt's greatest temples has something to solute over: the city has started its first 80kW solar energy plant, worth...

Solar panels and saving money at home

How would you like to save money by no longer paying electric bills? There are several ways in which this can be accomplished. The...

After America’s fossil water goes dry, will the Middle East follow?

Ample fresh water supplies for agriculture and drinking by the world's burgeoning population are becoming more and more scarace these days due to over-consumption and...

Bahrain generates oil and brains using 5 MW solar power

In a move to diversify its energy package Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) launched its first pilot solar power project this past June in Awali, in the...

Elon Musk’s SolarCity inks huge solar deal in NYC

Tesla's Elon Musk has made serious inroads to implement widespread use of electric vehicles, but he's also got a hand in one of the most important solar energy...

Massive solar panel factory opens in Qatar, long overdue

Qatar Solar Energy has unveiled a massive factory that will produce high quality solar panels that make the most of the desert sun, a...

Renewable energy and traditional baking cooperation in Palestine

Erella Dunayevsky bats a red balloon at a little girl, who chases it giggling. It could be any grandmother and grandchild playing together. But...

Studio Cheha’s awesome optical illusion makes flat LED lamps look 3D

Studio Cheha's Nir Chehanowski has designed an extraordinary flat LED lamp that looks three dimensional. Called Bulbing, the lamp is made of high quality materials and...

Egypt’s environmental suicide by coal

Egypt's ongoing energy issues, compounded by its current political and economic problems, appear to be going from bad to worse. This is especially so...

Kingdom renewables so slow, Saudi oil empire to take over

Saudi Aramco may be taking over the Kingdom's renewable energy industry in order to hasten the uptake of solar, wind and other alternative sources of energy. The move...

Tips to curb the energy consumption of your aquariums

Like any other appliance, the various components of a home aquarium can consume not insignificant amounts of energy over the course of a year. Besides...

Deadly Turkish mine explosion spurs massive social protest

Protests broke out across Turkey after an explosion at a coal mine on Tuesday afternoon has killed at least 270 people. Opposition politician Ozgur Ozel recently proposed...

Dubai’s MENASOL conference unites solar energy in the Middle East

Over 400 senior executives will descend on Dubai this week to learn how best to develop and construct photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal...

Find the wind in Iran with these handy energy maps

Iran is most known in global news for its nuclear ambitions. But the country has resources for wind energy, the international renewable energy organization...

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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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