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Renewable energy in United Arab Emirates

  • ABB has signed a Memorandum of Considerate (MoU)

    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 2014/11/21 ABB has signed a Memorandum of Considerate (MoU) with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to develop a 277kW grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) pilot project at the company’s premises in Dubai. The MoU supports the Smart Dubai initiative launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world, and DEWA’s initiatives to connect electricity produced from solar power to its grid. Carlos Poñe, CEO, ABB UAE and HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA at the signing ceremony

  • More than 85% of MENA land can generate Solar electricity 2012-09-19

    BAHRAIN, 2012/09/19 We often hear about the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) centrality in world energy markets as it is home to extra than 52 and 42 % of world reserves of oil and gas respectively. The region is as well responsible for extra than 36 and 20 % of world oil and gas production.   Nevertheless, MENA is as well the world leader in other aspects of the energy markets, namely energy use and energy intensity (i.e. energy use per $1,000 of output). Between 1981 and 2009 these grew faster in MENA than any other region. Furthermore, the gap between MENA and other regions is significant(Figure 1). This is especially true in energy intensity, which saw negative increase rates in amount regions during 1981-2009, except for MENA.
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