Energy

Go green in Dubai this-summer! Watch your water electricity consumption
09 Aug 2021

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched its ‘Let’s Make This Summer Green’ campaign for the sixth consecutive year. Themed ‘Make Unforgettable Memories’, the three-month campaign will take place digitally across DEWA’s social media channels, as well as its internal and external channels, Gulf News reports. The campaign encourages individuals and organizations this summer […]

Electricity from fossil sources in Europe has become twice as expensive as green
07 Aug 2021

Gas prices are rising due to winter weather conditions and low stocks in European storage facilities. Electricity prices using fossil sources have become twice as expensive as green. This was reported by the analytical organization Ember in its report. In particular, this is due to the rapid rise in coal and gas prices. Coal prices […]

Renewable energy and batteries will soon overtake fossil fuels in the United States
01 Aug 2021

The number one energy source in the United States is still natural gas. But the same companies that own thermal power plants are instead investing in solar power plants and energy storage batteries. This does not mean that fossil fuels will disappear – but they are already losing their dominance, WSJ states. Decades ago, natural […]

Bahrain: Solar panels to be installed in select NBB, BisB branches
29 Jul 2021

NBB Group announced that it is undertaking a new initiative to install solar panels in select National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) branches across the Kingdom, further demonstrating its commitment to implementing ESG measures across its operations, Gulf-Insider reports. The new initiative, expected to be rolled out in the first quarter […]

Middle East’s largest wind farm marks vital construction milestone with the arrival of first turbines
29 Jul 2021

The 400-megawatt (MW) Dumat Al Jandal utility-scale wind farm in Saudi Arabia developed by a consortium led by EDF Renewables in partnership with Masdar, both global leaders in renewable energy, has marked a key construction milestone with the arrival of 20 wind turbines at Duba Port.  A consortium with key contractors Vestas, TSK, and Al […]

Ecological revolution. The energy industry is on the verge of a new era – Financial Times
27 Jul 2021

Looking back over the past decade, we can conclude that the pace of progress in the fight against climate change has been too slow. Carbon emissions continued to rise, and although they decreased in 2020 due to coronavirus lockdowns, in 2021, carbon emissions will return to their “consistently high levels,” Financial Times reports. According to […]

Net-zero challenge for Middle East manufacturers: decarbonizing operations to be competitive
26 Jul 2021

Middle East manufacturers must invest in decarbonizing their operations and their supply chains if they want to be competitive, according to some of the region’s leading producers, MEED reports. Speaking at Decarbonising Manufacturing, the latest webinar in the MEED Mashreq Connect Series, leading regional manufacturers said producers need to reduce their carbon footprint to meet […]

GECF member countries shifting towards less carbon intensity
22 Jul 2021

“There is more than one way to achieve the Paris Agreement targets and more than one way to achieve a low carbon future. Although it is projected that renewables and other unconventional sources of energy may gain a significant portion of the energy supply mix in the next 30 years, based on the GECF Global […]

The USA used fewer fossil fuels in 2020 than it has in three decades
21 Jul 2021

Americans gobbled up fewer fossil fuels in 2020 than they have in three decades, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal dropped by 9 percent last year compared to 2019, the most significant annual decrease since the EIA started keeping track in 1949. The COVID-19 pandemic was […]

Oman: solar electrical power production project in Sohar completed
21 Jul 2021

Majis Industrial Services Company (MISC), an affiliate of Oman Investment Authority, has completed the solar electricity production project at Sohar Industrial Port with a production capacity of 36 kiloWatts per hour, the Arabian Stories reports. In this renewable energy project, electricity production was linked to the water treatment plant supply network in the sea to […]