Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity has launched a first-round tender for 755MW of PV capacity by inviting solar companies to participate. The projects across the five provinces […]

Iraq’s government and German industrial conglomerate Siemens have signed a framework agreement to upgrade the electricity grid of the power-strapped country. Siemens chief executive Joe Kaeser […]

China’s Shanghai Electric Group Co has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate with Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power on global clean energy projects. The two […]

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: National Central Cooling Company PJSC (DFM: Tabreed), the leading UAE-based international cooling provider, announced today that the  Board of Directors has […]

The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia), has announced details of the 2nd Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award. The award was launched by HH […]

Saudi Arabia’s Water & Electricity Company (WEC) has announced that 71 developer consortia have expressed interest in the independent water project (IWP) being set up in […]

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced that the total number of buildings to be supplied with district cooling […]

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is partnering with Canadian company Enbala to build the region’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP). This is part of DEWA’s […]

Dubai Investment Park (DIP) has signed an Dh86mn contract with Swiss firm ABB to commission a 132/11kv Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (Dewa) substation, adding to […]

With no details reported on the final electricity price agreed for a 500 MW solar project to be built in Oman, speculation will center on whether the victorious Saudi power company and its Kuwaiti partners have again trumped lower offers from overseas rivals.

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The Faisaliah Solar Power Project is planned to be developed in several stages by the Saudi Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources and the Development Authority of Mecca. Only 600 MW of the project will be tendered by the REPDO, while the remaining 2 GW will be built by the country’s Public Investment Fund along with its partners.

Things are hotting up in the tracker world as the desire to squeeze down the price per Watt of solar power intensifies. And the rise of the trackers is attracting some well-known businesses to buy their way into the field.