Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy received proposals for the 400 kV overhead transmission line project connecting the Al Shaqaya Solar Power...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are quickly expanding their renewable energy portfolios, with utility-scale solar projects leading this transformation. As...

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed an agreement with TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy to develop a 1.25 GW solar project as part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project in the...

Iraq and the U.S.  have signed agreements for multiple energy projects with a combined capacity of 24,000 MW in the Middle Eastern country. Iraq’s Ministry of...

The Middle East has long struggled to establish a competitive solar manufacturing sector despite receiving abundant sunshine and increasing commitments to clean energy....

The Energy Ministry of Tunisia granted licenses to four international firms to build solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 500 MW for 1.2 billion dinars ($386...

Algeria launched a nationwide solar power program to construct 15 solar projects with a total capacity of 3.2 GW. Energy and Mines Minister Mohammed Arqab laid the...

When Masdar, the UAE’s flagship renewable energy company, launched its $750 million green bond in mid-2023, the response was overwhelming. Investors scrambled to get in,...

Iraq started constructing its largest solar power project, Basra Sun, with a total capacity of 1,000 MW in the Basra province. The civil work on the project, which spans...

Desalination, the process of extracting salt from seawater, has long been a lifeline for many water-scarce countries, particularly in the Middle East, where freshwater...

Iraq’s National Investment Commission announced plans to build the country’s first wind power project, with a planned capacity of 500 MW. The project is part of Iraq’s...

The renewable energy capacity installed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reached 30.3 GW at the end of 2024, a 119% growth from 2020, according to the...

Saudi Arabia is now ranked among the world’s top ten energy storage markets, its growth driven by the launch of the 2,000 MWh Bisha Project, one of the largest in the...

Oman National Engineering & Investment Co (ONEIC) signed a contract to implement the country’s biggest rooftop solar project, a 3.5 MW system, for the International...

The Ministry of Power has issued tariff-based competitive bidding guidelines to procure stored energy from existing, under-construction, or new pumped storage projects....