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Renewables Increasingly Beat Even Cheapest Coal Competitors on Cost
Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published yesterday finds. Renewable Power Generation Costs in...
3 Ways the Ancient World Embraced the Circular Economy
Scientists show the circular economy has roots in ancient history.
Broken ceramics, Roman recycling and melting down glass all happened thousands of years ago.
Going circular could generate as much as...
Dubai Is Busy Embracing Solar Energy
If there’s one resource that Dubai has in abundance, it’s sunshine. Not surprisingly, the city, set in a sun-drenched desert, has set out to exploit that inexhaustible resource for clean energy generation.The...
Cities Around the World Lay the Groundwork for a Zero-Waste Future
Cities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities. During the Global Climate Action Summit,...
ABB Technologies to Enable Expansion of Solar Park in Dubai
ABB has won an order worth more than $90 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build the Shams 400 kV...
Shanghai Flying Car Tower to Clean the Air with a 50,000-Plant Vertical Forest
Flying cars seem to be moving from the realm of science fiction to reality – and Richard’s Architecture + Design (RA+D) helmed by architect Richard Moreta Castillo has already designed a net-zero...
Dubai Announced Incentives to Boost Electric Vehicles Deployment
During a news conference held on Sunday, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) in collaboration with Road and Transport Authority (RTA) announced a series of new incentives to spark the growth...
Dubai Awards 700 Megawatt Solar CSP Contract For Mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Saturday the contract for the mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, a 700 megawatt solar CSP extension awarded to a consortium made up...
Dubai Awards $3.9 Billion Solar Energy Contract to Shanghai Electric, ACWA Power
Dubai's state energy utility awarded a $3.9 billion contract to build and run a 700 megawatt solar power plant to a consortium comprising Shanghai Electric and Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power, the government...
Major solar power project to provide electricity at night
A major solar power project in the Middle East will provide electricity during the night, the developers have said.
The $1bn (£770m) scheme will provide up to 200 megawatts to the grid in...
Canadian Solar to Provide 268 Megawatts of Solar Modules to Massive Dubai Solar Park
Canadian Solar, one of the world’s leading solar power companies, announced this week that it will be providing 268 megawatts worth of solar modules to the 800-megawatt Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...
EDF Joins Masdar Group In 800 Megawatt Dubai Solar Project
EDF Energies Nouvelles will work with Masdar Group on the 800 megawatt phase 3 of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in the United Arab Emirates.
Masdar Group, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures,...
Smart Meters to Help Reduce Food Wastage in UAE Hotels
With the staggering amounts of food waste around the world, the UAE leadership has recently taken action to drastically reduce food waste in the country.
Ever since UAE Food Bank was announced to...
Greenpeace Praises Dubai Over Solar Energy Park Milestone
Campaign group Greenpeace has praised Dubai on the completion of the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
Julien Jreissati, Arab World campaigner at Greenpeace Mediterranean, said the solar...
ABB Delivers Dubai Sun
ABB has completed a substation to deliver the electricity generated by a 200MW photovoltaic plant in Dubai.
The 400/132kV gas-insulated switchgear unit, built for local utility Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), will...
Phase 3 of World’s Largest Solar Park Slated to Begin this Month
Work on the world’s largest solar park is set to move forward this month. Phase 3 of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai will add 800 megawatts (MW)...
