middle east

QatarEnergy has signed an EPC agreement with Samsung C&T for its 2GW Dukhan project. 

The SPPC has launched a request for qualifications for 5.3GW of new renewable power capacity, of which solar will account for 3.1GW.

General Corporation for Electricity Transmission and Distribution has signed a deal with Syrian-Turkish Energy Company (STE) to build a 100MW solar plant in Kafr Behm, Hama Governorate.

Bahraini, Chinese, Egyptian and Emirati groups have agreed to develop a new solar and storage manufacturing facility in Egypt

Saudi developer ACWA Power has started commercial operations of a 2.7GW solar PV portfolio in its home country.

The consortium building the Al Sadawi PV power plant in Saudi Arabia has reached financial close on the 2GW project.

Investment fund Stonepeak has launched a new Middle Eastern renewables platform headed up by a former executive at Jinko Power.

French energy major TotalEnergies has begun the construction of its 1GW solar farm in the Basra region of southern Iraq. 

The investigation launched on polysilicon under Section 232 could present the biggest supply chain challenge to the US solar industry, according to analyst Wood Mackenzie.

ACWA Power has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) for five solar PV projects in the country.