Dubai Customs Develops Amphibious Lab-Vehicle To Detect Illicit Substances in Dubai Creek
Dubai Customs will launch a first-of-its-kind amphibian mobile laboratory, equipped with high-tech solar-powered devices to detect hazardous and prohibited substances in Dubai Creek and its surroundings. The project highlights Dubai Customs’ keenness to adopt innovative initiatives and ideas that can...
Cables Consignment Delivered To UAE’s First Nuclear Power Plant
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that the first consignment of locally-produced non-class 1E cable has been delivered to the UAE’s nuclear plants under construction in Barakah. The cables have been manufactured and supplied by the Dubai Cable Company Ltd. (Ducab) and will...
60 Percent Of Energy Use In UAE Will Be Affected By Energy Management Systems
A leading energy-saving expert believes that 60% of future energy use in the UAE will be impacted by energy management systems. Mr Niraj Mathur, Senior Lead Assessor at Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), also believes that adopting an Energy Management System-EnMS, such as the ISO 50001, is one...
Jordan To Get Its Largest Solar Plant By 2014
Trina Solar Limited (“TSL”), a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions and services, announced today that it has recently reached an agreement to supply 1MW of Trina Honey photovoltaic modules to Mustakbal Clean Tech (“Mustakbal”), a EPC specialist focused on the Middle...
Middle East Cars Go-Green
Serge Monros, Founder, Chief Executive Officer/Chief TechnologyOfficer, SaviCorp and Victor Chu, President, SaviCorp are pleased to announce that per the exclusive distribution agreement signed in May,2013 between SaviCorp and DynoGreen Tech, the initial order of 2,000 DynoValve units has been delivered...
Dubai-based Adenium Capital buys 24MW Italian solar farm
Dubai-based investment company Adenium Capital has purchased a 24MW solar farm in Italy. The €52 million (US$69 million) acquisition, in partnership with ForVEI, almost doubles the capacity of its solar portfolio. Solar Farm is a large land area where multiple ground-mount solar tracking towers...
Middle East Renewable Energy Targets Until 2020
Middle East has been recently bullish about clean tech. Significant investments in renewable energy infrastructure has given it a boost. A recent white paper released by Frost and Sullivan shows that Kuwait will have 10% of its energy requirements sourced from clean technologies. Solar energy is being...
Middle East And North Africa Bullish On Wind Power
The authors of the MENA Renewables Status Report analyze renewable energy markets, industry, policy and investment trends, concluding that the region’s sustainable energy market has grown considerably in the last decade, due largely to its extensive renewable energy resources. According to the report...
Renewable Energy Sources Used For Electricity Production In Middle East And North Africa
The MENA region is one of the few regions in the world where renewable energy investment seems to be weathering the global economic crisis. New investment in renewables in the region totaled USD 2.9 billion in 2012, an increase of almost 40% over 2011 and a 6.5-fold increase from 2004. The development...
Middle East’s First Solar Steam Project Unveiled In Oman
By harnessing the sun’s energy with GlassPoint’s Enclosed Trough technology, the solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project produces a daily average of 50 tons of emissions-free steam that feeds directly into existing thermal EOR operations at Petroleum Development Oman’s (PDO) Amal West field. The...
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