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Renewable energy news from the Middle East and beyond. All the important stories, exclusive interviews, plus authoritative opinion and analysis

ACWA places faith in hydrogen to power Saudi’s future

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has grand ambitions to become the globe’s number one producer of green hydrogen. The kingdom is aiming to produce around four million tonnes of the gas by 2030 as part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MbS) Vision 2030 to diversify the economy. Green hydrogen is set […]

UAE partners with Japan to drive low carbon tech

The UAE and Japan are partnering on economic and energy opportunities in a bid to drive global low-carbon technologies, including studying the development of a hydrogen supply chain between the two countries. Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) managing […]

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South Korean companies to build $1bn green hydrogen plant in UAE

Three South Korean companies have signed an agreement to build a $1 billion green hydrogen and ammonia production plant in the United Arab Emirates, their UAE partner said on Friday. Korea Electric Power Corporation, Samsung C&T Corporation and Korea Western Power, alongside the UAE’s Petrolyn Chemie, will build a plant that can produce up to […]

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Commercial waste-to-energy plant to power 28,000 homes

A new commercial scale waste-to-energy plant inaugurated in Sharjah will produce enough electricity to power 28,000 homes per year and help the government to achieve its goal of becoming the Middle East’s first zero-waste city. The Emirates Waste to Energy company, a joint venture between Sharjah-headquartered Beeah and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, was inaugurated yesterday and […]

UAE’s first commercial waste-to-energy plant to power 28,000 homes

A new commercial scale waste-to-energy plant inaugurated in Sharjah, one of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will produce enough electricity to power 28,000 homes per year and help the government to achieve its goal to become the Middle East’s first zero-waste city. The Emirates Waste to Energy company, a joint venture […]

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Abu Dhabi and Britain sign deal to fuel global hydrogen push

Adnoc’s deal to develop clean hydrogen with British giant BP and renewable energy firm Masdar is a “landmark agreement” that will accelerate the global transition towards a sustainable future, industry experts have said.  As part of the partnership announced on Tuesday, Adnoc (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) and BP have advanced to the design phase […]

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‘We’re serious about net zero’ says Saudi’s PIF chief

PIF establishing new hydrogen company Fund plans to develop 70 percent of renewable energy targets Kingdom to phase out almost all liquids Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is committed to achieving its goal of developing 70 percent of the kingdom’s renewable energy by the end of the decade, PIF’s governor confirmed today. Despite it […]