نزيهة سعيد الأحد 3 مايو 2020 م اتخذت التحدي طريقاً لها للنجاح، فقد كانت تلاحق أحلامها رغم تشكيك البعض في قدراتها أو عدم أهمية ما تقوم به، وكذلك لما يعتقد البعض بعدم ملائمة ما تقوم به مع العادات والتقاليد. من هنا استطاعت المصورة السعودية – الأمريكية، تسنيم السلطان، أن تصل للعالمية، وأن تنقل صورة المرأة…
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El pasado jueves 21 de abril las autoridades egipcias iniciaron una campaña de detención aleatoria entre jóvenes que estaban sentados en los cafés del centro de El Cairo o que simplemente caminaban por la calle aquella noche. Los jueves son víspera de fin de semana en Egipto por lo que los cafés de la ciudad…
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Por Pedro Rojo agosto 8, 2015, VICE News Cuando el presidente estadounidense Barack Obama anunció hace un año que había dado órdenes para atacar las posiciones del autoproclamado Estado Islámico (EI) para detener su avance hacia Erbil, la capital del Kurdistán iraquí, alegó por una parte razones humanitarias — detener la persecución en Sinjar de…
La Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo acogió la exposición “ Historia e identidad palestina a través de su humor gráfico ”, entre los entre los días 18 de junio y 27 de julio pasados. La exposición, comisariada por la Fundación Al Fanar, muestra viñetas políticas palestinas. En ella conviven obras de Nayi al-Ali , el…
OPINIÓN. Irán y Siria en Camp David Randa Taquieddín Al Hayat , 13/05/2015 La semana pasada John Kerry, acompañado por el ministro estadounidense de Energía y el responsable del expediente sancionador, llegó a París para reunirse con sus homólogos del Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo (CCG). Se celebraron varias reuniones con los ministros de…
Vivian Aqiqi, Elaf , 16/04/2015 El caricaturista Habib Haddad regresó de Francia a Líbano para inaugurar una exposición de una selección de sus caricaturas. La exposición refleja el sufrimiento en el que aún vive el mundo árabe a través dibujos que tratan la realidad y meten el dedo en la llaga, en un grito…
A specialized economic report mentions that the Gulf Arab countries subsidized energy and electricity prices with more than $100 billion dollars in 2011. According to the report carried out by the Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies, Saudi Arabia subsidized energy prices in 2011 with $61 billion, the UAE with $22 billion, Kuwait with nearly $13…
Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry has announced the start of the implementation of a solar project for the air conditioning of industrial and commercial establishments in cooperation with the Industrial Council for Technology and Innovation and UNIDO . The project will cost $6.5 billion and will be financed by the Global Environment Facility .…
The Moroccan solar project (US$9 billion) which aims to transform the desert sun into profitable exports to Europe is in danger because certain international entities will not finance the construction of solar plants planned in the Western Sahara because it is a disputed area. In 2009 Morocco drew up plans to build solar plants and…
Saudi Arabia may be at the early stages of developing a solar power market, yet all the signs are pointing to a remarkable determination by the government to diversify the country’s energy mix. A strong political will has been long cited as the main driver of any structural change in the economy, and even more…
The Tunisian Ministry of Industry has prepared a bill so that private investors can implement energy projects from renewable energy. This is within the framework of a national plan to generate 30% of electricity (3,700 MW) from renewable sources in 2030. The cost of this plan would amount to €6,000 million, an amount which the…
Masdar has reviewed its solar and wind energy projects implemented in 2013 in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the Seychelles and Mauritania which added over 750MW to the total renewable capacity installed worldwide. In March 2013 Masdar inaugurated the Shams 1 plant in Abu Dhabi with a capacity of 100 MW which makes…
New solar plants The Saudi Electricity Company has opened the period for submission of tenders for the construction, acquisition and operation of the first power plant to run on fossil fuels (natural gas) and solar energy. The plant, to be built near Tabuk, will have a capacity of 550MW. Meanwhile, KA Care has signed new…
Jordan is heavily dependent on oil imports from neighbouring countries to meet its energy requirements. The huge cost associated with energy imports creates a financial burden on the national economy. Electricity demand is growing rapidly, and the Jordanian government has been seeking ways to attract foreign investment to fund additional capacity. In 2008, the demand…
As part of the recent announcement of the 6th Middle East and North Africa Solar Conference 2014 (MENASOL, 6-7 May, Dubai), PV Insider has produced “PV in MENA: Turning Policy into Projects” a guide providing detailed business intelligence on how to get projects developed. With Jordan, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia all set to tender…
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…
The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy announced that the state intends to build 10 solar power plants by 2017, as well as other wind projects and the creation of combined cycle plants of gas and solar energy. The agencies responsible for the implementation of these plants received 35 offers from private companies at the…
The InfraMed fund will have a 50% stake in the company that will build a 117MW wind farm which will cost US$290 million. The Hermes Financial Group is one of the five sponsors of this fund valued at €385 million. It invests in infrastructure projects in the south and east Mediterranean. Source: Al-Bayan , 03/12/2013
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…
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:…
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…
The UNIDO representative in Egypt reported that this agency and the Minister of Industry will work from the beginning of next year to support Egyptian energy through a comprehensive strategy for the future of energy in Egypt, the diversification of energy sources and the adoption of renewable energy. Renewable energy projects in Egypt have become…
A project of a photovoltaic solar power plant of 80KW capacity was inaugurated in Cairo today to supply electricity to several government buildings of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. It is the first step towards the widespread use of solar energy in schools and hospitals and an example for companies in the private sector.…
The plan to generate 560 renewable energy projects include: a solar park of 117MW in Tafilah, a solar power plant of 75MW at a cost of US$150 million in Al-Quera, the Ma’an plant of 200MW at a cost of US$360 million, and wind projects in the Al-Feyeich area worth US$200 million plus a solar project…
The Dubai government plans to spend US$100 million on solar plants to provide 50GW to increase the Emirates electric potential more than 50% in 2020 and a total potential of 10,000 MW. It is expected that the Expo 2020, which starts on 20 October and will last for six months will receive 25 million visitors.…
Investments in the renewable energy sector in the Arab world have increased six-fold over the last five years. The commitment to this type of energy is a strategic decision by Arab governments, both non-oil producing countries and producers, who prefer to opt for renewable energy to generate electricity so as not to have to burn…
Funding remains the biggest challenge for companies operating Independent Water and Power Projects (IWPP) in the GCC countries, as well as for large-scale projects to meet the growing demand for electricity and water in the region which have already been announced. However, the role of the private sector continues to be misunderstood or viewed with…
Fourteen representatives from 6 countries (Spain, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia) met in Barcelona to launch a pilot project to integrate new photovoltaic technologies in public buildings of Mediterranean countries within the FOSTEr in MED project of the European Union. Source: Al-Nahar , 22/11/2013
The atlas, prepared by a center specializing in the mapping of renewable energy at the Masdar Institute, in collaboration with IRENA , has received the 2013 Technology Award from the Middle East Solar Industry Association ( MESIA ). Source: 24ae , 21/011/2013
Thirty-six companies participated in the tender briefing to implement the first private solar project in Egypt under the BOO model. The project will work with photovoltaic cells and will be made up of 10 plants of 20MW. The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company ( EETC ) will buy the electricity produced by the project for 20…
The Minister of Electricity and Energy has announced that his ministry is preparing the implementation of four new wind parks which will provide 405MW and will be located in Zaafrana on the Red Sea. These four projects are the wind farms Zaafrana 5 (85MW) which will be implemented with Spain’s cooperation, Zaafrana 6 (80MW), with…
On 18 November, contracts for the first project to generate electricity from wind energy in the province of Tafila were signed in Amman. The wind farm will have a capacity of 117 MW and a total investment of 205 million dinars. The project includes the installation of 38 mills. This project is part of the…
On 18 November Emirates Glass belonging to Dubai Investments launched glass panels to produce electricity from solar energy. It is expected that the new product, whose demand on world markets reached about 20,000 metres before marketing, is a step forward in the path set by the National Sustainability Initiative launched by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid…
Badr Jaafar , president of the development company Crescent Petroleum belonging to the Al Hilal Group , analyzed the main findings of the report recently published by the Energy Security Council of the Word Economic Forum in October 2013 entitled Lessons drawn from reforms of energy subsidies , noting the unintended adverse effects of energy…
The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy, Imam Ahmad affirmed that at the beginning of next year a project will be launched to generate electricity from wind power with a capacity of 200 megawatts in Jabal Zayt. The rest of the project will be completed in June of that year. The investment cost of the…
Morocco signed an agreement with the German Development Bank ( KfW ) for a loan of €654 million to finance part of the construction of two power plants that run on solar energy, whose total capacity is 300 MW. The project will cost around €1.7 billion. According to the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN),…
A report on Sustainable Energy in Arab countries was published at the opening of the annual congress of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) , held on 28 -29 October at the American University of de Sharjah . The report warns that about 60 million Arabs lack access to modern energy, especially electricity,…
According to the Palestinian National Strategy of Renewable Energy, this figure should be reached in 2020. The plan considers the construction of power plants with a total potential of 130MW over the next seven years operating with solar and wind energy, as well as the construction of recycling plants and the treatment of organic waste.…
The Mauritanian government submitted a bill to Parliament to approve a loan agreement signed between Mauritania and France for the construction of a solar plant that will cover the electricity needs of the cities of Kifa and Guero. The new plant will have 33KW of power. The budget for the project (23.8 million Euros) will…
The Electricity and Water Authority has launched an experimental project to produce 3MW of solar energy and 2MW of wind energy. Although it is expected that the country will have an electricity surplus until 2016, the government is considering new electricity projects for the future. It has taken important steps in the use of renewable…
During the MENASOL 2013 fair (14-15 May, Dubai), Steven Griffith, the CEO of Initiatives at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) and a member of the Emirati Council for Solar Energy Industries, confirmed that UAE will have the capacity, in economic terms, to produce more than 20GW of solar energy in 2030. Griffith…
According to the Saudi Ministry of Oil, the country's average energy consumption is twice the world average with the same economic output figures. Local consumption has multiplied in less than two decades. The domestic sector is the largest consumer of electricity, with 80% of the electricity production and air conditioning representing 70% of the electricity…
The American public bank will allocate 2 billion dollars for the export of the latest clean technology from the United States to Masdar. Under the agreement signed, the two parties will determine investment opportunities available to facilitate the purchase and delivery of renewable products and services of the United States to Masdar’s projects. The priority…
Members of ENPARK, the first free zone in Dubai and the Middle East dedicated to energy and sustainability, including a delegation of the Green Economy Association of Dubai, are visiting Denmark to explore collaboration possibilities with the Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster group. The Green Economy Association of Dubai is a partnership launched in 2012 to promote…
On 20 May, a conference was held in Cairo to support the local green industry organized by the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade, the German Agency of Technical Cooperation (GIZ) and the Chamber of Engineering Industries. Egypt is suffering from a real energy crisis due to growth in demand and subsidies in the energy…
Berlin and Algiers have signed an agreement under which Algeria will benefit from German technology in the development of the solar sector. In this framework of understanding, Algerian entrepreneurs are expected to participate in the International Solar Energy Technology Exhibition to be held in Munich in June. Germany is one of Algeria’s most important partners…
Morocco expects loans from the African Development Bank of a billion dollars a year in a period of four years. The 2012 package includes a loan of 450 million dollars to develop the wind power sector and 220 million dollars for solar energy. Cooperation with the African Development Bank is part of the Moroccan State’s…
Wind energy projects will proliferate shortly in Morocco despite not being as popular as solar energy projects. The largest wind farm in Africa, near the city of Tarfaya (south of Morocco), will be operational in 2014. The government aims to generate 2000MW of wind energy through wind farms located throughout the country. Construction work on…
With a quick look at the Arab energy strategies one can deduce that the Arab world is still very far from energy saving policies or the development of renewable energy. In Egypt, one of the Arab countries which is most advanced in this respect, the contribution of clean energy does not exceed 0.3% of the…
This is what can be deduced from the June issue of CSP´s Today Quarterly Update . The ongoing projects are located, among other countries, in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia and Algeria. It is expected that the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 will be a period of great activity…
Masdar in UK Green Investment Bank announced its intention to invest over the next seven years in clean energy projects in Great Britain with the company Masdar. This bank, created with funding from the British government (4,650 million dollars), aims to encourage the private sector to invest in renewable energy projects in Great Britain. The…
André Merlin, President of MEDGRID, has asked European countries to make appropriate decisions for the future of renewable energy production. The difference in the cost of electricity produced by solar energy in the southern Mediterranean and northern Europe will be one to five. The cost of 1 MWh of solar energy could cost 40 Euros…
The chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), Carl Sheldon, said that early the previous year the company had created a new division linked to renewable energy solutions. The goal is to apply state-of-the-art techniques to create a sustainable economy and reach a balance between the TAQA strategy and Abu Dhabi’s Economic…
Energy demand has increased by 4% since the war during which the electricity infrastructure was seriously damaged. The Libyan energy sector continues to rely on oil and gas, but the average wind speed and solar luminosity in the country could make the use of wind and solar energy viable. The country has adopted a National…
The Energy Minister Alaa Al Bataineh, stated that energy independence is intended to be achieved through gas projects, oil shale and renewable energy. Jordan imports most of its energy needs and depends on supplies of Egyptian gas to generate 80% of the electricity it produces (3,000 MW), which means an annual energy bill of 4,000…
Algeria seeks to cover 40% of its energy consumption with renewable energy. Although energy sufficiency is not a problem in this country thanks to its gas reserves, Algeria aims to establish this plan to prevent future imbalances in supply and demand of non-renewable energy. The program plans to cover 37% of national electricity production with…
The Emirati company, Emicool , the main cooling service provider in the region, has launched a solar plant at its headquarters in the framework of the promotion of sustainable development in the area. The production plant meets all Emicool’s energy needs and its annual capacity reaches at 101MW/h. The plant will avoid the emission of…
In this way, the kingdom will become the largest solar exporter in the world. The initiative is part of the aim to generate 5GW of solar by 2020. There are other national initiatives, such as the proposed seawater desalination with solar energy which will be implemented in three phases. The first phase will produce 30,000…
The Desertec Initiative participants agreed to create new partnerships in the area of green energy. The German Desertec project aims to harness the desert sun and wind energy to meet 15% of Europe's electricity needs by 2025. As part of this regional cooperation, 2,000 MW of solar, 2,000 MW of wind and 2,000 MW of…
The company is preparing to implement a project that will use the most sophisticated technology to harness solar energy for their hotels. This project will be executed by the German Agency for International Development . The energy production of the project is 720 KWh /day. Also in the solar sector in Jordan, Princess Alia Ben…
The Ministry aims to test the lighting of street lamps with solar energy in some areas of Kuwait for which solar panels and storage batteries are required. The street lights in Kuwait require the production of 120MW. Source : Al-Anba , 04/11/13
Egypt launches a project to generate electricity from wind power next year Early next year the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity will start operating the project of electricity generation from wind power with a capacity of 200MW. The project will be completed in June of that year. Several European partners KfW Entwicklungsbank , the European Investment…
The Arab Forum for Environment and Development closed its sixth annual conference on sustainable energy in Arab countries with the participation of 52 countries and 600 representatives of governments, the public sector, universities, research institutes, regional and international organizations and the media. According to the report issued by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development,…
The Moroccan Ministry of Energy and Mines announced that bidding will soon open for a 300MW wind project and for the third phase of the Ouarzazate solar plant of 300MW. Morocco’s goal is that 42% of electricity production will come from renewable sources by 2020. It has also set a target to produce 1,000 MW…
The Arab Future Energy Index ( AFEX ) was launched by the Regional Centre of Renewal Energy and Energy Efficiency ( RCREEE ) at the inauguration the IV Beirut Energy Forum, in one of the parallel workshops. Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt are at the forefront of the thirteen Arab countries which make up the…
Solar PV_Egypt A report presented by experts to the Minister of Electricity and Energy confirms that Egypt is taking steps towards the widespread use of renewable energy. The possibilities of exploiting geothermal energy at 3,000 meters deep are being studied and a feasibility study of investment to desalinate seawater in solar…
The United Arab Emirates signed an agreement to be the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA ). The headquarters building is under construction in Masdar City (Abu Dhabi) and will be completed in 2014 . Source: Arqam , 09/10/2013
49 % of the second part of the Mohamed Bin Rashid solar complex will be put out to tender at the end of this year and 51% will be for the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority ( DEWA ). The first phase (13MW) cost 70 million dirhams and the second phase (1,000 MW) will have…
Ibrahimyah_Wind_Plant The Jordanian government is still committed to the modernization of its energy infrastructure and will dedicate $575 million provided by the Gulf Development Fund to implement major energy projects in Jordan. Renewable energy still retains an important position in the strategy of the Ministry of Energy which recently accredited 15…
Thin film modules are increasingly finding their way into Middle East installations, with Saudi Aramco and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) both opting for thin film in their latest renewable energy projects. Perfectly positioned around the Sun Belt, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, where outdoor installations dominate, can largely benefit from…
Middle East and North Africa region offers almost 45 percent of the world’s total energy potential from all renewable sources that can generate more than three times the world’s total power demand. Apart from solar and wind, MENA also has abundant biomass energy resources which have remained unexplored to a great extent. Biomass potential in the…
On the Tunisian executive’s agenda are several projects such as the development of an electric plant in Susa and in Qalaat al-Andalus and projects in the solar and wind power energy sectors. The government aims to develop the production of solar energy and connect it to the national electricity network which will be subsequently joined…
According to the president of the Gulf Environment Forum ( GEF ), Amir Turki Ben Naser Ben Abdelaziz Al-Saud, if the Arab economies do not reform their current structures they will not be able to create 60 million jobs for 2020 which could generate an ecologically orientated economy. Sustainable agriculture could generate for the Arab…