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Cost-efficient solar cells for space application
Scientists from American National Renewable Energy Lab have discovered a new technology to cut the costs of manufacturing of a very efficient (but at the same time extremely costly) GaAs solar cell.
Jan 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, China, solar cells, Asia, North America
Saudi Arabia releases 3.3 GW of solar, wind projects
Saudi Arabia has actually released a tender for 3.3 GW of wind and solar power projects as part of the National Renewable Energy Programme (NREP), the Ministry of Energy claimed on Sunday.
Sep 26, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, Asia
Impossible breakthrough method of creating solar material at NREL
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) achieved a technological breakthrough for solar cells previously thought impossible.
Dec 19, 2019 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, Kevin Schulte
Masdar partners on 100MW Georgian solar
The developer has accepted jointly develop a PV project with the Georgian Energy Development Fund
Dec 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Masdar, Georgia, Europe, North America, Al Ramahi, Georgian Energy Development Fund, Giorgi Chikovani
ACWA wins the tender for the 900-megawatt solar farm in Dubai
The solar field will become operational in Q2 of 2021. This is the project for deployment of phase five of the huge 5-gigawatt Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar farm.
Nov 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Asia, United Arab Emirates, acwa, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Tongwei Solar's Meishan solar cell production base becomes biggest on the planet
Major polysilicon as well as solar cell manufacturer Tongwei Team has begun ramping the final cell lines at its 15GW Meishen manufacturing hub in Sichuan Province, with the center currently the largest single site for solar manufacturing worldwide
Mar 4, 2021 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, solar cell, Tongwei Solar, solar upstream
TotalEnergies to begin service 1-GW solar project in Iraq
French energy significant TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTE) is set to start service a project for the construction of a 1-GW solar park in southerly Iraq after getting the green light from the city government recently.
Jun 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Iraq, Solar Project, TotalEnergies
All systems go for Saudi Arabia’s top ground-mounted PV plant
A ground-mounted solar project billed as Saudi Arabia’s largest to date has reached the finish line, and is now set to power the operations of a food and beverage conglomerate.
Aug 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Asia, middle east, almarai
Globe's biggest solar power plant project in Abu Dhabi secures financing
2 GW plant in Al Dhafra will certainly generate electrical energy that will eventually power 160,000 homes
Dec 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Abu Dhabi, Jasim Husain Thabet
Qatar to inaugurate 800-MW solar park in Oct
Qatar is readied to inaugurate the Al Kharsaah solar complex with a capacity of 800 MW this month, energy minister and president of QatarEnergy, Saad Al-Kaabi, said throughout the Energy Intelligence Discussion Forum in London.
Oct 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Qatar, Solar Park
UK company to construct 'carbon-neutral' Neom desalination plant
Saudi Arabia has selected the UK-based Solar Water to develop the very first 'carbon-neutral' desalination plant in the city of Neom
Feb 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, UK, Europe, Asia, desalination, Neom, Nadhmi al-Nasr
Libya's LEES 2024: Massive 500 MW Solar Plant to Revolutionize Energy Sector
Discover the potential of renewable energy in Libya at the Libya Energy & Economic Summit, where TotalEnergies is developing a 500 MW solar plant set to become the country's largest. With ambitions to export clean energy, Libya is attracting private investment and support from multilateral finance institutions. Join the movement towards a sustainable future.
Jan 22, 2024 // Plants, PV Power Plant, TotalEnergies, Al-Sdadda
Solar Energy Megaproject Posts World's Lowest Tariff
The Al Dhafra Solar PV project is slated to start business procedure in the 2nd quarter of 2022.
May 8, 2020 // Tariffs, Asia, UAE, Abu Dhabi Power Corp.
Masdar inks MoU to develop 300 MW of solar in Armenia
The Armenian solar market has been somewhat slow to take off, but it could be experiencing a serious push, following an announcement that Abu Dhabi-based energy company Masdar plans to deploy 500 MW of solar and wind capacity in the country.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, David Papazian, ANIF, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar
Solar and the chocolate factory
The latest 7 MW of net metered solar capacity in Dubai indicates 11 MW were added across ten new arrays in just nine days as the Shams initiative continues to work up a head of steam.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dewa, Asia, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, middle east, Dubai, UAE, Nestlé, Shams












