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  • Algeria aims to start construction of 20 solar plants before summer 2014

    Algeria aims to start construction of 20 solar plants before summer 2014

    Algeria wants to start construction before 2014, within the National Program for the Development of Renewable Energy, and receive another 60 plants by 2020. The goal is to install 22MW by 2030, of which 10 MW will be exported to European markets. Before the end of the year, the construction of a solar plant of…

  • Saudi Arabia will build the world's largest solar desalination

    Saudi Arabia will build the world's largest solar desalination

    The public Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia ( SWCC ) has announced that it will create the largest solar desalination plant in the world in the Khafji province (in the east of the country) in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology ( KACST ), and 30,000 m³ of water…

  • Saudi Arabia launches an atlas of renewable energy on 18 December

    Saudi Arabia launches an atlas of renewable energy on 18 December

    The case of renewable energy in the Saudi kingdom enters a new practical phase thanks to the atlas of renewable energy developed by ​​KA Care in which local and international experts participated. The atlas will be a roadmap for renewable energy sources which will provide data terms to investors in these types of projects. Source:…

  • GCC countries invest US$155 billion in solar energy

    GCC countries invest US$155 billion in solar energy

    According to the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi , the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have begun building solar plants with investments amounting to US$155 billion.  These plants will have a generation capacity of 84GW and will be completed in 2017. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the countries with…