US-based First Solar considers the Middle East as a key market for its solar technology and an area in which it is looking to expand its operations, especially in Saudi Arabia, according to the companys business development manager
Energy
Hail-2 Power Plant project commissioned early
Alfanar Construction has successfully completed the commissioning of the first two Siemens gas turbine units as part of the Hail-2?Power Plant?Extension-III project in Hail Province, Saudi Arabia, six weeks ahead of schedule
Erbil Power Plant to be converted into a combined-cycle plant
Mass Global Investment Company (Mass Global), an Iraqi independent power producer, has selected General Electric (GE) to initiate a combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGT) conversion at the Erbil Power Plant in order to increase its output and efficiency
Renewable energy growth to surge more than 40 per cent by 2017
The International Energy Agencys (IEA) first renewable energy market report has predicted that renewable power generation across the globe will increase by more than 40 per cent in the six years through 2017
Gulf power and water investments worth US$32.7 billion made in 2012
The Middle Easts energy sector has witnessed a surge of fresh investments in 2012, with 97 new power and water projects worth a total of US$32.7 billion either being constructed across the region since the beginning of this year, or due to begin before the end of the year