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Enlightened Kuwait boycots IRENA energy event over Israel

In another "interesting' move for the planet, Kuwait decided to boycott an international energy event in Abu Dhabi because Israelis would be there. This...

Abu Dhabi gives 6 rural communities $41m for off grid power anywhere

The international renewable energy group IRENA announced the first six recipients of concessional loans for off grid renewable energy projects that are "ready for the...

Green Prophet hits IRENA and the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi

This is the second year that Masdar has hosted Green Prophet at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES). Last year we visited Shams I,...

Israel’s first natural gas customers to be Palestinians

Israel's Leviathan Partners natural gas production consortium has signed its first gas export agreement with a Palestinian power company. The agreement, signed last Sunday in...

Green jobs in the Middle East: find them at Masdar’s World Future Energy Summit

Do you dream about working towards a greener future in the Middle East but simply don't know where the good jobs are? If so,...

Israel’s environmental revolution starts with greening the Knesset

Last year, Israel's parliament announced plans to run entirely off solar energy by the end of 2014, but it turns out the Knesset is...

The Nile River and who’s giving a “dam” over its future

Egypt has been in danger of losing a part of its water lifeline the Nile River. Ethiopia is dead set on constructing a giant dam...

Palestinians make epic Volvo “Split” video to highlight Gaza energy crisis [video]

You've probably seen the Volvo video where a zen-looking Jean Claude van Damme does the splits. Now in a hilarious parody from the Gaza...

GE investing $5 billion in Turkey’s wind market, with turbine factory

The environmentalists trying to protect the birds might not be happy, but as Turkey continues to be the address for investments for some of...

Experts at US-Arab Policy Conference debate Mideast’s future as global energy supplier

How relevant will OPEC be 10 years from now? Does the rapid expansion of new technologies like fracking threaten the future of eco-friendly energy...

Soaring Solar Updraft Towers Are New CSP Tech Coming to the Middle East

EnviroMission's unique solar energy generation technology is picking up steam and the Middle East will be one of the first regions to give the...

Tafila Wind Farm in Jordan

With no appreciable amounts of oil or natural gas, Jordan, like Syria is a Middle East anomaly when it comes to its fossil fuel...

Solar Energy Women Wanted East!

Women in the Middle East are being encouraged to take up a career in renewable energy, thanks to a new initiative. The Women in Solar...

Hawa Akkar Wind Farm to Illuminate 60,000 Lebanese Homes in First for Country

Lebanese renewable energy have fallen short of its ambitious goal of reaching 12 percent of Lebanon's energy needs by the year 2020. But now...

Israeli Researchers Make Oil from Greenhouse Gas

A replacement for oil has become a burning need in the 21st century. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers in Israel have invented a...

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