solar power
Egypt expects giant solar park to be fully operational in 2019
Egypt
May 5, 2019
Egypt expects giant solar park to be fully operational in 2019
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt expects the 1.6 gigawatt solar park it is building in the south of the country to…
$13.6B record-breaking solar park rises from Dubai desert
Middle East
April 30, 2019
$13.6B record-breaking solar park rises from Dubai desert
Under the Arabian sun, a monumental construction effort is making headway. Located deep within Dubai’s desert interior, the Mohammed Bin…
Sharm El Sheikh operates its first 5 MW solar power plant
Business
April 25, 2019
Sharm El Sheikh operates its first 5 MW solar power plant
Egypt’s South Sinai Governor Khalid Fouda held a press conference on Thursday on the occasion of opening the first solar…
Egypt, UAE among the world’s 2018 best countries in developing renewable energy
Egypt
December 25, 2018
Egypt, UAE among the world’s 2018 best countries in developing renewable energy
Egypt, Tunisia, and the UAE are among the world’s best countries developing renewable energy in 2018, according to the…
Sun rises on Egypt’s solar energy market
Features/Interviews
November 15, 2018
Sun rises on Egypt’s solar energy market
The sun is rising on the field of solar energy in Egypt, with the world’s largest solar energy park under…
Benban’s solar program wins Global Award for Multilateral Project Finance Deal of Year
Environment
February 8, 2018
Benban’s solar program wins Global Award for Multilateral Project Finance Deal of Year
Egypt’s solar power complex Benban, located near Aswan, set to become the largest solar park in the world, won on Wednesday…
EBRD to finance 16 new solar power plants in Upper Egypt’s Benban
Environment
November 30, 2017
EBRD to finance 16 new solar power plants in Upper Egypt’s Benban
Under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) $500 million framework for renewable energy in Egypt, the EBRD is…
KarmSolar, Dakahlia Group sign US$23 million solar power agreement
Environment
October 2, 2017
KarmSolar, Dakahlia Group sign US$23 million solar power agreement
KarmSolar, a solar technology and integration company, announced the signing of a US$23 million agreement with two Dakahlia Group subsidiaries:…
University of Washington invents first battery-free cellphone
Science
July 10, 2017
University of Washington invents first battery-free cellphone
University of Washington (UW) researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries, instead harvesting the few microwatts of power…
China’s hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountains
World
June 26, 2017
China’s hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountains
Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below…