Energy

    Kuwait celebrates successful operations of eco-friendly Clean Fuels Project
    25 Sep 2021

    Kuwait has announced the successful operations of its massive, eco-friendly Clean Fuels Project (CFP), marking the country’s standing in the global oil industry, GD Online reports. “This is a historic milestone,” Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) chief executive Waleed Al Bader told Kuna, adding that the project is a significant source of pride for the […]

    Natural gas to play a pivotal role in powering UAE’s economic growth for next 50 years: Al Jaber
    25 Sep 2021

    Natural gas is set to play a pivotal role in powering economic growth in the UAE over the next 50 years, according to Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Delivering the opening address of Gastech 2021, […]

    15 EV Green Charger stations installed at Expo 2020 Dubai
    22 Sep 2021

    Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has installed 15 electric vehicle (EV) Green Charger stations at Expo 2020 Dubai’s pavilions: Opportunity; Sustainability and Mobility, BNA reports. The Green Chargers will serve the electric vehicles visitors to the Expo. DEWA has installed five Green Chargers at each pavilion, enough to charge 30 electric vehicles simultaneously, in […]

    Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Unit 2 successfully connects to UAE’s transmission grid
    18 Sep 2021

    The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced that following the start-up of Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in late August, its operations and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company, has safely and successfully connected the unit to the UAE grid, delivering the first megawatts of carbon-free electricity from the second of four units […]

    It’s not a competition, but renewables are beating nuclear anyway – Bloomberg
    13 Sep 2021

    There’s still a place for nuclear in the energy mix, if only investment would get back on track, Bloomberg states. Energy giant BP Plc has been publishing its annual review of global energy statistics for seven decades. The latest edition published in July is, understandably, quite focused on the largest year-on-year decline in primary energy […]

    Solar energy empowers young women in Yemen
    08 Sep 2021

    Ten women in Yemen’s Abs district have built and now run a solar microgrid. The project was set up in 2019 with the help of the UN Development Programme. It helped the women build the power station. The all-female team now runs a solar microgrid in Abs, Yemen, as their own business, providing affordable, renewable […]

    Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A realistic path to clean energy?
    07 Sep 2021

    Each morning at a transit facility in Canton, Ohio, more than a dozen buses pull up to a fueling station before fanning out to their routes in this city south of Cleveland. The buses – made by El Dorado National and owned by the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority – look like any others. Yet […]

    Renewable energy: how the Gulf is preparing for a future without petroleum
    05 Sep 2021

    From Abu Dhabi to Manama, engineers and scientists in the Gulf are pioneering energy development to prepare for a fast-approaching future without the petroleum industry, writes Austin Bodetti, The New Arab states. While the Gulf region today symbolizes the world economy’s dependence on fossil fuels, the region’s Arab monarchies may soon adopt a once-implausible mantle: […]

    Sunshine-rich Gulf slow to adapt solar, clean energy
    04 Sep 2021

    The share of renewables in Gulf states’ electricity generation is marginal, and the region still utilizes fossil-fuel driven power grids, but the potential for clean energy is substantial, Al-Monitor states. Electricity consumption in the Gulf region is reaching its annual peak as armies of energy-intensive air conditioners work at full throttle to insulate populations from […]

    Opec member urges oil producers to focus more on renewable energy
    02 Sep 2021

    The finance minister of Iraq, one of the founding members of the global oil cartel Opec, has made an unprecedented call to fellow oil producers to move away from fossil fuel dependency and into renewable energy, ahead of a key Opec meeting. Ali Allawi, who is also the deputy prime minister of Iraq, has written […]