Tag: Siemens

Renewable energy will triple in the Middle East, says Siemens

A new report published by Siemens predicts that the share of renewables in the Middle East energy mix will...

Abu Dhabi is Phasing Out Cars and Siemens Wants to Help

Dubai's metro started running in 2009 (don't fall asleep though) but Abu Dhabi, the wealthier Emirate, is only now...

Israel Solar Setback as Siemens Fires 150 from Solel Plant

Siemens, Germany's giant electronics firm, appears to be in final stages of pulling out from its investment in Israel's...

Masdar City Unveils Phase B For the First Time (PHOTOS)

On a VIP media tour of the zero-carbon city Masdar, Tafline unveils these new pics of the stunning green...

Siemens Bows Out of Solar, And Looks to the Wind

Calling all windy Middle East and Mediterranean countries. German giant Siemens is looking for your offshore wind.  The German industrial giant Siemens,...

Siemens Exits Israel’s Solel Solar Initiative

Even as some solar projects are just taking flight in Israel, underlining a new wave of optimism about the...

German Giant Siemens is Selling Off Solel and its Solar Assets

This is big news in the solar world: German giant Siemens, which recently unveiled photographs of its new headquarters...

Qatar Foundation Site to Go Car-Free With Siemens Trams

Public transportation is not popular among the Gulf elite who can easily afford the expense of fueling their own...

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...

Siemens Headquarters at Masdar City Scoops Coveted Architecture Award

The LEED-hopeful Siemens headquarters in Masdar City has been awarded the coveted 2012 MIPIM future projects award.  It wasn't long...

First Pictures of the New Siemens Headquarters at Masdar City

The new Siemens Headquarters in Masdar City will be 65, 617 square feet when completed by the end of...

Chamelic Invents Answer for Desert Solar & Dust!

One high-tech polymer start-up has developed a coating to solve the problem. The huge and visionary Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii)plan to ship vast amounts of solar to Europe has one glaring potential weakness. Dust. Deserts have all the sun that is needed to power vast cities, and recently, the 3rd Desertec deal was signed, but they also have dust. Lots of it. And little water to clean it. Just one month's dust accumulation in desert conditions can reduce a panels output by 35%, and some even warn that water-intensive CSP is impossible for desert solar. So developing dust-resistant solar will be the next Big Thing.