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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Egypt Allocates $2.8 Billion for Power, Renewables

Egypt’s Ministry of Planning stated that the country has allocated E£136.3 billion ($2.8 billion) to the electricity and renewable energy sector in its 2025-26...

September 8, 2025

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Solar
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Egypt Signs $220 Million Deal for Solar Manufacturing

Egypt signed a land usufruct contract for a $220 million industrial complex to manufacture solar cells, panels, and energy storage systems in the Suez Canal Economic...

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MENA Weekly Roundup: Renewables Make Up 11.5% of Oman’s Power Mix

Renewable energy contributed 11.5% of Oman’s electricity generation as of May 2025, according to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. The country is targeting 30%...

August 19, 2025

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Market & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Bahrain Begins Work on 150 MW Solar Project

Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) announced the commencement of work on the country’s first solar project. The project has a planned production capacity of...

August 11, 2025

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Staff

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Open Access

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Solar
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Middle East and North Africa to See Renewables Boom

The renewable energy market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to witness a significant boom, reaching a valuation of $59.9 billion by 2030,...

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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Saudi Arabia Inks Key Pacts on Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power signed a series of agreements and MoUs with European energy leaders, TotalEnergies (France), Edison (Italy), and EnBW (Germany), to establish a...

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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Saudi Consortium to Build 15 GW Solar, Wind Projects

A consortium of renewable energy project developers, led by ACWA Power, signed agreements totaling SAR31 billion (~$8.3 billion) to develop seven solar and wind power...

July 21, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Market & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Oman Launches $200 Million Clean Energy Fund

The Oman Investment Authority partnered with Hong Kong-based Templewater to launch a $200 million Energy Transition Fund. The fund aims to finance projects in renewable...

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MENA Weekly Roundup: Abu Dhabi Signs Financing Agreement for GCC Interconnectivity

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) signed a financing agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) to expand the Gulf Cooperation...

July 8, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Finance and M&A

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Renewable Energy

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Wind
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Egypt Launches $200 Million Solar Components Plant

Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone and Chinese firm Sunrev Solar commenced construction of an integrated solar energy components industrial complex in Ain Sokhna. Spanning...

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MENA Weekly Roundup: AfDB Approves $184 Million for Solar Project in Egypt

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a financing package of up to $184.1 million to support the 1 GW Obelisk solar project in Egypt’s Qena Governorate....

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MENA Roundup: GameChange Solar to Expand Saudi Tracker Capacity to 6 GW

Solar tracker supplier GameChange Solar announced that it will expand its manufacturing capacity in Saudi Arabia to 6 GW annually, doubling its current volume. The...

June 9, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Solar

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Wind
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Mena Weekly Roundup: Morocco, UAE Sign $14 Billion Deal to Boost Renewables

Morocco and the United Arab Emirates have signed a $14 billion investment agreement focusing on renewable energy, water security, and advanced infrastructure. The...

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MENA Weekly Roundup: Masdar Raises $1 Billion Through Green Bonds Issue

Masdar issued an additional $1 billion green bond, bringing the total outstanding value of its green bond program to $2.75 billion. The bond was issued in two equal...

May 28, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Renewable Energy

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Solar
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Can GCC’s Independent Power Producers Drive a Clean Energy Future?

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are increasingly relying on independent power producers (IPPs) to achieve their renewable energy goals. Implementation by...

May 26, 2025

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Baset Asaba

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Other Energy

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Renewable Energy

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