Abu Dhabi will soon be unveiling world’s fourth largest solar power generation farm – with a plant capacity of 2 GW located in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra region. Jasim Thabet, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company or TAQA, disclosed this recently. When online, the farm would be the fourth largest in the world by capacity after China’s Golmund Solar Park (2.8GW), and India’s Bhadla (2.25 GW) and Pavagada (2.05GW) Solar Parks. “On the renewable energy front, in a couple of weeks, we [TAQA] will be inaugurating one of the world’s largest photovoltaic projects. When it…
Author: Saur News Bureau
Israel based firm, Enlight Renewable Energy has agreed to supply renewable energy to Applied Material Israel, a unit of the global microchip producer Applied Materials, following the signing of a 15-year corporate power purchase agreement. The firm said in its statement that the electricity will be generated from Enlight’s solar and storage facilities. It further said that the deal will support Applied Materials Israel’s achievement of its ESG targets and meet its commitment to source electricity from renewables only by 2030. As per the pact, these is an option to raise consumption volumes depending on Applied Material Israel’s demands. “Our…
MW Energy, a joint venture (JV) between Masdar and W Solar Investment, have signed an agreement with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources to explore the development of renewable energy projects in the country. The pact was signed at the Dushanbe International Investment Forum. The JV now plans to build ground-mounted and floating solar, onshore wind and hydro-power projects. It may be noted that though Tajikistan is landlocked but has lakes, rivers and glaciers and is dependent on hydro-power, yet It has potential for other clean energy sources. The projects will be built under a public-private partnership model, with…
Under the directives of the UAE President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, have inaugurated the UAE Wind Program. The 103.5 megawatt (MW) landmark project developed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, claims to demonstrate for the first time the latest technology and innovation to capture low wind speeds at utility scale, adopting advances in material science and aerodynamics to make wind power possible in the country. The project marks the debut of cost-effective, large scale, utility…
Israeli renewables firm Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. has won an offtake contract for the majority of the future output of its 94-MW Pupin wind project in Serbia. As per the contract, the terms of the 15-year inflation-linked power purchase agreement (PPA), state-owned utility Elektroprivreda Srbije will buy 72% of the wind park’s generation at EUR 69 (USD 73m) per MWh, linked to Eurostat’s Consumer Price Index. The balance will be sold on a merchant basis. The Nordex-powered facility has already entered construction and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. As per the firm, it will…
Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and his Greek counterpart have reaffirmed their commitment to the “GREGY interconnector,” a project that aims to link Egypt and Greece via a subsea electricity cable. This project would enable the export of electricity generated by Egyptian solar facilities to both Egypt and the broader European energy market. This was disclosed during the discussions held at the recent UN General Assembly. The Copelouzos Group, a prominent Greek conglomerate, and Infinity Power, a joint venture between UAE-based renewable energy firm Masdar and Egyptian company Infinity, lead the GREGY interconnector project. The firm said that this groundbreaking…
The European Financial Institution for Reconstruction & Improvement (EBRD) is supporting Morocco’s pharmaceutical private sector with a 380 million Moroccan Dirham (MAD) ($ 36.8 M) loan to a diversified industrial Moroccan group operating in various areas. In its statement, it said that the funds will be provided to Dislog Group, a leading producer and distributor of hygiene & pharmaceutical merchandise, in two tranches. MAD 270 Million ($26.2m) can be utilised by Dislog to acquire Steripharma, a domestic pharma manufacturer. The remaining $10.5 million will finance the development of new green-certified industrial constructing and logistics platform in addition to the set…
Following the National Renewable Energy Program, Saudi Arabia has shortlisted five of 15 domestic and international bidders to construct two photovoltaic solar projects, estimated to be more than $1 billion and having the capacity of 1,500 MW, in the fourth round of auction. With this, the total awarded renewable energy projects will rise to 11 GW under the program, according to Saudi Power Procurement Co. The firm will purchase the power and manages bidding and development of renewable energy projects. The firm did not confirm the final dates when the winners will be announced. The firm said that a consortium…
The power grids of Saudi Arabia and Greece will be linked up with the goal of supplying Europe with clean energy. To this end, the countries have signed a deal for the establishment of a jointly-owned company. The newly formed firm- Saudi Greek Interconnection-will join Greece’s IPTO and Saudi Arabia’s National Grid, each with a 50% stake. It is reported that Greece’s energy mix is already 40% renewable, and the country will boost this further, while lowering costs. Thus, Greece also has plans to build an undersea cable that will link its grid to Egypt for renewable energy. As per…
UAE’s renewable energy firm AMEA Power will develop a solar photovoltaic project in Tunisia. The project is estimated to cost $86 million and will be located in Metbassta, Kairouan governorate. The project was awarded to the UAE firm in December 2019. The firm confirmed that it has reached financial close on the 120-megawatt solar project. After completion, it will be the company’s first operational asset in the country. “The project will be the first large-scale, privately financed solar project in Tunisia and one of the largest infrastructure public-private partnership projects in the country over a decade,” the International Finance Corporation…