Middle East Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/middle-east/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg Middle East Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/middle-east/ 32 32 Egypt’s Renewable Energy Buildout Continues as First Utility-Scale Solar-Plus-Storage Facility Comes Online https://www.powermag.com/egypts-renewable-energy-buildout-continues-as-first-utility-scale-solar-plus-storage-facility-comes-online/ https://www.powermag.com/egypts-renewable-energy-buildout-continues-as-first-utility-scale-solar-plus-storage-facility-comes-online/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:21:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=242000 Trina Storage, a global energy storage solutions company and part of Trina Solar, said the Abydos BESS project was delivered ahead of its scheduled commercial operation date and provides a new benchmark for large-scale energy storage projects in North Africa. The BESS supports the solar power facility in Aswan Governorate in Egypt.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/egypts-renewable-energy-buildout-continues-as-first-utility-scale-solar-plus-storage-facility-comes-online/feed/ 0 POWER Digest (March 2025) https://www.powermag.com/power-digest-march-2025/ https://www.powermag.com/power-digest-march-2025/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:21:23 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=229662 Major Solar-Plus-Storage Project Announced in Middle East. A solar-plus-storage project that could provide gigawatts of generation capacity was unveiled in January during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW)

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/power-digest-march-2025/feed/ 0 5 Trends Shaping the EMIA Power Industry in 2025 https://www.powermag.com/5-trends-shaping-the-emia-power-industry-in-2025/ https://www.powermag.com/5-trends-shaping-the-emia-power-industry-in-2025/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:46:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=228013 2025 will test the progress of the world’s energy transition and could forecast its direction for the next decade. With major economies pursuing budget cuts, it will be a year that challenges the economic viability of any publicly funded projects, with growing pressures to deliver faster and cheaper. For emerging technologies in particular, such as […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/5-trends-shaping-the-emia-power-industry-in-2025/feed/ 0 ACWA Power: Crossroads for Exponential Growth in Power and Water  https://www.powermag.com/acwa-power-crossroads-for-exponential-growth-in-power-and-water/ https://www.powermag.com/acwa-power-crossroads-for-exponential-growth-in-power-and-water/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:25:57 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=217762 In 2002, the government of Saudi Arabia moved to step up the private sector’s role in the kingdom’s economy by opening the production of power and desalinated water. Saudi firms Abunayyan Trading Co., Abdulkadir Al Muhaidib & Sons Co., and MADA Group for Industrial and Commercial Development sensed a tremendous opportunity, forming ACWA Power Projects […]

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This image shows Sudair Solar PV, a $924 million project poised to become one of the largest single-contracted solar PV plants in the world and the largest of its kind in Saudi Arabia at an installed capacity of ~1,500 MW when it comes online, expected in 2024. The first project under The Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) renewable energy program, the project has recorded the second lowest cost globally for solar PV electricity production ($1.239 cents/kWh). ACWA Power led the PIF-backed development consortium, which signed a power purchase agreement with the Saudi Power Procurement Company for 25 years. Courtesy: ACWA Power

]]> https://www.powermag.com/acwa-power-crossroads-for-exponential-growth-in-power-and-water/feed/ 0 Forging a Net Zero Future: Embracing Digital Technologies to Disrupt and Drive the Energy Transition in the Middle East https://www.powermag.com/blog/forging-a-net-zero-future-embracing-digital-technologies-to-disrupt-and-drive-the-energy-transition-in-the-middle-east/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/forging-a-net-zero-future-embracing-digital-technologies-to-disrupt-and-drive-the-energy-transition-in-the-middle-east/#respond Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:29:27 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=blog&p=177538 When reflecting on recent years, the exacerbating climate crisis has resulted in a paradigm shift where attitudes and actions are concerned. Rather than being a subject of ongoing debate and divided opinions, global warming has instigated radical reform throughout Middle Eastern society, inspiring nations to introduce abatement imperatives, enact meaningful change, and embark on a […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blog/forging-a-net-zero-future-embracing-digital-technologies-to-disrupt-and-drive-the-energy-transition-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 Trina Solar Sets Record of 23.03% Aperture Efficiency for 210 Vertex P-Type PERC Module https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/trina-solar-sets-record-of-23-03-aperture-efficiency-for-210-vertex-p-type-perc-module/ https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/trina-solar-sets-record-of-23-03-aperture-efficiency-for-210-vertex-p-type-perc-module/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:23:14 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=press-releases&p=165790 Dubai, UAE (July 27, 2021) – Trina Solar’s State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology (SKL) announced that its proprietary Vertex high-efficiency p-type monocrystalline silicon module, based on 66 pcs of 210 mm x 210 mm high-efficiency PERC cells, has achieved a record aperture module efficiency of 23.03% for larger-area industrial silicon p-type modules. […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/trina-solar-sets-record-of-23-03-aperture-efficiency-for-210-vertex-p-type-perc-module/feed/ 0 UAE’s First Nuclear Unit Enters Commercial Operation https://www.powermag.com/uaes-first-nuclear-unit-enters-commercial-operation/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 23:19:19 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=162327 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (ENEC) said Unit 1 of the Barakah nuclear facility has entered commercial operation, nine years after construction of the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant began. ENEC made the announcement April 6. Unit 1, operated by Nawah Energy Co., has been providing electricity to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since reaching […]

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]]> Nextracker Selected by Shanghai Electric to Elevate Energy Output for Middle East’s Largest Solar Park https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/nextracker-selected-by-shanghai-electric-to-elevate-energy-output-for-middle-easts-largest-solar-park/ https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/nextracker-selected-by-shanghai-electric-to-elevate-energy-output-for-middle-easts-largest-solar-park/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:46:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=press-releases&p=156218 SHANGHAI, September 17, 2020 – Nextracker, a Flex company, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Shanghai Electric to supply over one gigawatt of its world-leading solar tracker technology, NX Horizon™ to boost energy production for phase five of Dubai’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park – the largest in the Middle East. Located 50 kilometers south […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/nextracker-selected-by-shanghai-electric-to-elevate-energy-output-for-middle-easts-largest-solar-park/feed/ 0 Record-Low Solar Prices Drive Middle East Projects https://www.powermag.com/record-low-solar-prices-drive-middle-east-projects/ https://www.powermag.com/record-low-solar-prices-drive-middle-east-projects/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2020 04:01:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=152485 Abu Dhabi Power Corp. (ADPower) in late April announced what it called the lowest-ever cost-competitive tariff for a solar photovoltaic (PV) project, a few months after a project in Dubai made that claim for

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/record-low-solar-prices-drive-middle-east-projects/feed/ 0 Qatar Will Boost Middle East Solar with 800-MW Project https://www.powermag.com/qatar-will-boost-middle-east-solar-with-800-mw-project/ https://www.powermag.com/qatar-will-boost-middle-east-solar-with-800-mw-project/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:40:45 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=148307 Qatar’s energy minister on Jan. 19 said the country will build an 800-MW solar power project that will push the country far beyond its announced goal for solar energy. That goal of 100 MW of solar generation was established when Qatar in December 2010 was awarded rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament. […]

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