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Saudi Arabia's 130 GW renewable target by 2030 hinges on securing equipment and local expertise for its growing solar and wind farms

Equipment and workforce key for Saudi renewables

Nacelles and blades, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables, solar modules and wafers. A surge in large-scale renewable projects – such as the 2GW Al Shuaibah 2 solar project and 1.5GW Dawadmi wind farm – means the kingdom needs to secure equipment and expertise if it is to come […]

OQGN CEO Mansoor Al Abdali. Oman's pipeline network will support eight consortiums currently developing green hydrogen projects

Oman to build 400km hydrogen pipeline network

Oman’s natural gas network operator OQ Gas Networks (OQGN) is planning to build a dedicated hydrogen pipeline by 2030, in line with a strategy to develop the sultanate’s renewables sector.  The funding approval for the 300-400 kilometre project is expected by 2027, Oman Daily Observer reported, citing the majority state-owned company’s 2024 annual report. OQGN […]

A solar power project at the Faihaa oil field in Basra, Iraq. The country's planned renewable energy projects will generate nearly 12,000MW

Iraq imports 126,000 solar panels for ‘Sun of Basra’ project

Iraq has imported more than 126,000 solar panels for its largest solar power park being built by France’s TotalEnergies, electricity minister Ziad Fadhil has said. Dubbed “Sun of Basra”, the project is part of a $27 billion contract and will generate at least 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity that will benefit 250,000 houses. The project […]

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are leading a Gulf push to transform their electricity grids into 'smart' networks

Foreign companies cash in as Gulf turns to smart power grids

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the Gulf states investing billions to make their electricity grids “smart” using artificial intelligence – and increase their share of generation from solar and wind power. That share is expected to almost double in the Middle East and North Africa over the next five years. It will rise […]

The IFC said it agreed the loans to Oman 'to bolster the country’s sustainable finance market and empower the private sector'

World Bank loans Oman $310m for economic diversification

Loans totalling $310 million to support Oman’s economic diversification plans have been agreed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a part of the World Bank Group that seeks to encourage private sector development in less developed markets. The loans, arranged by the Omani Ministry of Finance, are to support three Omani companies, with a particular […]

Founded in 2009, TI has AED15 billion of assets under management through its existing portfolio of 11 operating offshore transmission assets

Abu Dhabi’s Taqa buys UK’s Transmission Investment

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) has fully acquired Transmission Investment (TI), a UK-based energy and utility investment company, giving the UAE company access to the European market. TI is one of the largest players in transmission systems, which connect offshore wind farms to the UK grid. The UK company will become part of Taqa Transmission, […]

Officials sign an agreement to build a liquefied hydrogen corridor between Oman, the Netherlands and Germany

Oman to build liquefied hydrogen corridor with Europe

Oman has taken another step towards establishing a liquefied hydrogen corridor for exports to Europe with the signing of an official agreement to develop it. The idea was first announced during Cop28 in Dubai in 2023. Developed by Oman’s state-run hydrogen company Hydrom, the Ministry of Energy, UAE-based Ecolog and offtaker EnBW, one of Germany’s largest power […]

The wind farm will generate clean energy for more than 1 million homes, reducing carbon emissions by 1.5 million tonnes annually

Egypt’s largest wind farm begins operations ahead of schedule

Egypt-listed Orascom Construction has commenced commercial operations at the newly expanded Red Sea wind farm six months ahead of schedule. The largest operational wind farm in Africa is being developed by the Red Sea Wind Energy consortium under a 25-year build-own-operate scheme, the company said in a statement. The alliance comprises France’s Engie (35 percent), Orascom […]

China is to build wind turbines in Oman

Chinese company to build $200m wind turbine plant in Oman

China’s Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has signed a $200 million agreement to build a wind turbine factory in Oman’s central industrial city of Duqm. Duqm, which sits on international shipping routes, has attracted over $15 billion in project spending, including a 230,000 barrels per day oil refinery, a crude oil storage facility, a free […]

Leila Benali, Morocco's minister of energy transition, said last year that renewables accounted for about 44 percent of total power generation

Morocco steps up solar power drive to meet 2030 target

Morocco is intensifying investment in solar power in the hope of hitting a target to raise the use of renewables in its energy mix to more than half. The country has set a target of 52 percent renewables by 2030 after achieving previous targets, local media reported. Newspapers said on Friday that hydrocarbon-poor Morocco has […]

Darmawan Prasodjo, president director of PT PLN, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar, sign the solar plant agreements

Masdar to build floating solar plants in Indonesia

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) is to start building floating solar power projects this year in Indonesia, southeast Asia’s largest energy market, the company said in a statement. The UAE renewables company signed two agreements with PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company, during a state visit by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to the […]

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian (L) with Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani during a visit last year. The US has ended waivers which let Iraq buy Iranian electricity and gas

Iraq signs power-generation deals with US companies

Iraq has signed memoranda of understanding with two US companies to generate more than 27 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, including a giant solar power plant, according to the prime minister’s office. The electricity ministry signed the two MoUs with Massachusetts-based GE Vernova and Florida-based UGT Renewables in Baghdad on Wednesday during a visit by more […]

Algerian energy minister Mohamed Arkab. Renewable sources currently account for just 1 percent of Algeria’s energy mix

Chinese companies spearhead Algeria’s solar drive

Algeria has broken ground on two new solar power projects over the past week as part of a drive to build 15 plants with the help of Chinese companies. The drive aims to largely expand the use of renewable energy and release oil and gas for export by the Opec producer. Renewable sources currently account […]

President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during his state visit to Egypt

Egypt and France sign $7bn green hydrogen deal

Egypt and France will jointly develop, finance and operate a €7 billion ($7.7 billion) green hydrogen facility at Ras Shokair on Egypt’s Gulf of Suez coast. Egypt’s state-run Red Sea Ports Authority and the New & Renewable Energy Authority will partner with Green Fuel Alliance, which comprises France’s EDF Renewables and Egyptian-Emirati company Zero Waste, […]

Amman. The new law aims to upgrade Jordan's electricity sector and concentrate efforts on renewable energy and storage technologies

Jordan’s new electricity law to focus on hydrogen

A new electricity law in Jordan will focus on expanding reliance on renewable energy and attracting investment in hydrogen production. Jordan’s parliamentary energy and mineral resources committee discussed the draft law on Sunday ahead of final endorsement by parliament. The draft law, approved by the cabinet in February, will replace provisional legislation which has been […]

A solar cell factory in the Jiangsu province of China. Turkey wants to develop an integrated solar energy sector

Turkey gives five companies go-ahead to build solar cell factories

Turkey’s government has approved a series of projects designed to boost the country’s self-sufficiency in renewables technology – and lay the groundwork for exports. Last week, as protests continued in Istanbul and interest rates spiralled, Mehmet Kacır, Turkey’s industry and technology minister, announced that five private sector businesses – Alfa Solar, Astroenergy, CW Solar Cell, […]

Wind turbines in Pastra, Greece. Masdar has been investing in the country and elsewhere in Europe

Masdar IPO could help accelerate Gulf’s energy transition

An initial public offering by Abu Dhabi’s Masdar could mark a pivotal moment in the move towards cleaner sources of power in not only the world’s largest oil-producing region, but also in Europe, industry observers say. Masdar, more officially known as the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, is considering an IPO next year to fund […]

One solar panel in North Africa generates two to three times the amount of power that one does in Europe

Plans to bring African energy to Europe face big challenges

At least five multi-billion dollar projects to bring up to 24 gigawatts of solar and wind power energy from sunny North Africa to chilly Europe, assisted by Gulf investment money, are currently being planned. But these ambitious schemes to reduce Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels generally, and energy supplies from Russia specifically, all face major […]

aramco blue hydrogen

Aramco buys 50% of local blue hydrogen producer

Saudi Aramco has purchased a 50 percent stake in a low-carbon hydrogen production plant in Jubail, a city on the Gulf, owned by a unit of the Saudi Arabia-based company Air Products Qudra (APQ). The stake buyout will enable Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG), a wholly owned subsidiary of APQ, to provide blue hydrogen […]

Masdar said it "has no current plans to go public", adding it did not comment on "market speculation"

Masdar weighs IPO on Abu Dhabi stock exchange

Abu Dhabi’s state-owned renewables company Masdar is in the early stages of considering an initial public offering (IPO), three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company is considering a possible listing in Abu Dhabi to raise funding for renewable projects, said two of the sources, with one of them saying a dual […]

So far, Tunisia has only produced around 700 MW of power from solar and other renewable sources against a 4,800 MW target

Tunisia awards solar power projects to international companies

Tunisia has awarded four new solar power projects to international companies for the production of 500 megawatts of electricity as part of a drive to expand the share of renewable energy in its mix. Tunisia’s industry, mines and energy minister Fatima Chiboub signed the deals this week with representatives from Germany’s Qair Group, Norway’s Scatec, […]