Middle East & Africa

Extrupet Switches to Solar Energy

August 7, 2021 Anand Gupta

Extrupet commenced the operation of their brand new 1.3MWp solar power plant, built in collaboration with Solarise Africa and NEC XON, earlier this week. “Climate change is the greatest existential threat ever faced by humanity. It is the duty of every organisation to change the way it does business and adopt eco-friendly practices to help […]

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Potential Biases Identified in African Solar Irradiation Data

August 7, 2021 Anand Gupta

Declining solar equipment costs is driving African commercial and industrial users towards this energy solution. However, the measure of how much sunlight shines on a location, and therefore how much electricity a solar array can produce, is a key design factor for solar customers, suppliers and investors. The question then becomes – is the industry […]

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Inaccurate Solar Irradiation Estimates in Africa Impacting Investor Returns, Report Suggests

August 7, 2021 Anand Gupta

A rooftop solar project from CrossBoundary in Ghana. Unreliable methods of calculating irradiation in Africa could slash energy savings for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar buyers and reduce investment returns for developers and investors, new research has suggested. Biases within the data commonly leveraged to estimate solar production in Africa cause projections to often overstate […]

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World’s First Solar-Powered Project to Extract Drinking Water From Thin Air

August 7, 2021 Anand Gupta

According to World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 785 million people are still without access to clean, safe drinking water. Several projects are popping up across the world – such as Solar Desalination Skylight, water desalination using solar energy, and more – to solve this issue. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to install […]

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Masdar JV Achieves Financial Close On Indonesia’s First Floating Solar Plant

August 7, 2021 Anand Gupta

Set to be the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia and one of the largest in the world, the plant is being built on the Cirata reservoir in the West Java Province. UAE-based renewable energy company Masdar and its partner PT PJBI announced today that their joint venture (JV) has achieved the financial close […]

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Funding Secured For Indonesia, UAE Project to Build Southeast Asia’s Largest Floating Solar Plant 

August 7, 2021 Anand Gupta

JAKARTA : A 145-megawatt floating solar power plant, the largest in Southeast Asia, being built by Indonesia and the UAE could start operating next year, officials announced on securing final funding approval for the project. Made up of more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia aims to achieve 23 percent renewable energy use by 2025, and 30 […]

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UAE Reveals Plans to Make Drinking Water From Thin AIR: Solar-Powered ‘Hyper-Dehumidifiers’ That Can Extract 6,700 Litres a Day Will Be Installed Next to Abu Dhabi’s Main Airport in October

August 5, 2021 Anand Gupta

Technology sucks in moisture-rich air with fans and cools it until vapour forms The new carbon-free technology will operate on 100 per cent renewable power It could relive reliance on bottled water in one of the hottest climates on Earth The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to install ‘water generators’ that turn moisture in […]

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Simple Way to Desalinate Water Using Solar Energy

August 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

Ural Federal University power engineers have developed a new desalination technology. The new technology will significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production, it has been reported. The results of the research are published in the journal Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Today one of the most popular and simple ways […]

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Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Starts Construction At Indonesia’s First Floating Solar Power Plant

August 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

Masdar is taking its clean energy message and investments to new markets. Dubai : Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy giant, has confirmed that funding for Indonesia’s Cirata Floating Photovoltaic Power Plant is now complete and construction has begun. The plant, set to be the largest floating solar venture in the world, is being built […]

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Egypt: West Bakr Wind Farm Synchronises First 20 Turbines to the Grid

August 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

The West Bakr Wind in Egypt has synchronised the first 20 turbines and the wind farm will now provide power to the grid. Synchronisation is an important step to the completion of the project and now that the milestone has been reached, the wind farm is producing the first clean energy for Egypt. Located 30 […]