NEPCO Director Amjad Rawashdeh has called the linkages a model for Arab countries.

Boris Johnson's government will consult with local communities to host onshore wind farms in return for "guaranteed lower energy bills," after the UN warned that investing in fossil fuels would be equated with 'moral and economic madness'.

Iraq exported $11.07 billion of oil last month, the highest level for half a century, as crude prices soared amid shortfall fears following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the oil ministry said.

Saudi Arabia has evinced interest to develop small modular nuclear reactors in order to generate electricity for remote areas of the kingdom. He told GEC 2022 in Riyadh that the kingdom will develop more technologies at home to limit the risk to the planet.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jordan have launched a project to support the kingdom's energy sector. Jordanian media reports said the USAID-funded project valued at $40 million will be implemented over a five-year period, citing a statement from...

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) said about 329 megawatts (MW) of electricity were saved in the emirate during Earth Hour 2022, equivalent to a reduction of 132 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. These savings are 13 percent higher than the 291 megawatts savings recorded during Earth Hour 2021. This...

Renewable energy company Masdar announced the formal start of construction for its 230-megawatt (MW) Garadagh Solar PV Plant in Azerbaijan, the Central Asian nation's first foreign investment-based independent solar power project. Masdar also signed agreements related to developing additional clean-energy projects across Azerbaijan. Masdar signed agreements to develop the Garadagh...

Lebanon's energy industry sees a loss of up to $2bn every year as state treasury pays over $50bn in advances to Electricité du Liban. Can solar power offer relief to general public?

Most NFTs are currently traded on Ethereum, which reportedly uses as much electricity as all of the Netherlands, with a carbon footprint comparable to Singapore's.

Saudi Arabia will grant industrial licenses to facilities operating in the renewable energy sector and power plants in order to become a regional center in the field of electricity production.

The companies are Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), Dubai Holding and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC).

A 10 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant named Tozeur 2 has started operations in Tozeur, a governorate in southwest Tunisia. The plant, built at a cost of 25 million dinars ($8.4m) will consolidate the production of the first plant Tozeur 1, to reach a total capacity of 20 megawatts. The two...

The Sharjah Electricity Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) will start to provide electricity to the Al-Arqoub area, aiming to meet the needs of consumers.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has said it completed all short-term goals of its Smart Grid Strategy 2014-2035 as, between 2015 and 2020, it replaced all electricity and water meters with smart meters, a deployment of over two million smart meters. By automating meter readings, DEWA customers can manage...

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that the number of electricity accounts reached 1.06 million by the end of 2021 compared to 752,505 at the end of 2016, an increase of 41 percent. The number of water accounts reached 960,032 by the end of 2021 compared to 666,006 accounts...

Gas from Egypt and Jordanian electricity is expected to help Lebanon restore electricity supply to 8-10 hours a day soon.

For the patrons filling Beirut's cafes these days, the most important things are good lighting and stable wi-fi.

Fitch Solutions has upgraded the Saudi Electricity Company's credit rating from A- to A with a stable outlook, an upgrade that matches the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's sovereign credit rating. The international agency emphasized that the new classification was driven by the result of the improvement of the company's independent...

DEWA achieved a new world record in electricity Customer Minutes Lost (CML) per year, recording 1.66 minutes in Dubai

The setting up of the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority in 2019 has enabled countries in the Middle East to save $3 billion.

Under the agreement, Lebanon will be provided with about 150 megawatts of electricity from midnight to 6 am, and 250 megawatts during the remaining hours.

The venture targets commercial and industrial segment.

Lebanon ministers said they aim to increase the hours of EDL’s power supply in the near future by securing Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity.

The Central Region Department of the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) implemented a number of development projects during 2021 worth more than $14.78 million, local media reports said. A total of 80 projects have been implemented for network modifications and approximately 50 transformers are installed in the central...

Arsal town is home to 70,000 Syrian refugees. The cost of fuel families need to power their stoves has risen by around 350 percent after Lebanon lifted fuel subsidies.

Egypt has pledged support to Lebanon "at all levels" and stressed that it needs "political accord" to reawaken from the setbacks it has been experiencing and "for it to return to the beacon of the Arabs". Local media reports said that during his meeting with the visiting Lebanese Prime Minister...

The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) signed a deal worth KD ten million ($33 million) with Bahrain to fund a water and electricity project. The deal was signed by Bahrain's Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs Wael Al-Mubarak, and CEO of Electricity and Water Authority Sheikh Nawaf...

As the UAE has mushroomed from a desert outpost to a thriving business hub, waste has multiplied. So has power use, which has soared 750 percent since 1990 according to the International Energy Agency. The wealthy UAE uses more electricity and creates more waste per head than almost any other...

The listing is part of the Securities and Exchange Higher Commission’s strategy to increase the size of the stock market in the Emirate to AED3 trillion.

The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam and the Diyala to join the Tigris, has been attributed both to low levels of precipitation and the building of more dams in Iran which retain water.

Egypt and Greece will sign a preliminary deal to build an electricity interconnection between the two countries in Athens on Thursday, Athens-Macedonia news agency (AMNA) reported.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have signed a $1.8 billion electricity interconnection project that aims to exchange some 3,000 MW during peak times.

Helped by the UN, Lebanon will get fuel to keep its healthcare and water-supply facilities for the next three months.

Electricite du Liban, or EDL, is now capable of generating less than 500 megawatts from the fuel it secured through a deal with Iraq, and even that fuel is not of the correct grade. Iraq signed an agreement in July to allow the cash-strapped Lebanese government to pay for 1...

The polls were initially scheduled for 2022, but moved forward to June this year, then postponed to October.

The power consumption of the farms equaled that of 2 million people.

The conflict has ravaged electricity networks as well as oil and gas infrastructure across the country

This happened as part of a program aimed to change the attitudes of household consumers towards the proper use of energy resources.

The country has said it is ‘ready’ to help Lebanon with ‘transit for Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity via Syrian territory’.

It focuses on social, economic and environmental aspects.

The delegation will discuss the possibility of receiving electricity from Jordan and gas from Egypt through Syrian territories.

The United Arab Emirates has unveiled Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy plant, located in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra region.

Iran at the moment has electricity exchange with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.

Lebanon has been struggling with fuel shortages for a couple of months, which has led to protracted power outages.

Al Qubaisi served as a VP at Mubadala Investment Company.

Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation increased to 5.4% in July from 4.9% in June, official statistics agency CAPMAS said on Tuesday.

The new plant is expected to help bring back energy to those in Syria who lost access to it over the past decade.

The solar-powered facility will enable Standard Carpets to increase production capacity by 40 percent and produce and additional 400 tons of yarn per month  

Courtesy DEWA, World Bank says firms in UAE can get electricity in the shortest time in the world

Private generator business is about $6-$10 billion, each household spends on average $100-200 per month on electricity