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Building Big in MENA

New energy plans: United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia both announced in January new energy plans for their countries, targeting a large share of solar PV in their energy mix. pv magazine presents the latest update from both countries and provides a first estimate of what is possible and how much soon.

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Ilias Tsagas

21 Feb 2017

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia made headlines at this year’s Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), which ran from 12 to 21 January and included, among other events, the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) too. Both oil rich countries made bold policy pledges towards renewable energy development, and most notably solar.United Arab EmiratesSpeaking at …

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