MESIA’s Middle East Solar Awards honor solar champions in the Middle East
One of the highlights of this year’s Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) and the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), which forms part of ADSW, was Wednesday evening’s Middle East Solar Awards Ceremony, organized by MESIA, the Middle East Solar Industry Association.
TÜV Rheinland: Centralized tracker architecture can reduce LCOE
A report published by TÜV Rheinland, which was commissioned by tracker manufacturer, Array Technologies, shows that centralized tracker systems such as those offered by Array Technologies offer an LCOE advantage over other, decentralized system architectures.
WFES: Acwa Power partners with Huawei on solar plant monitoring
The Saudi Arabian power firm announces details of pilot project that will utilize Huawei’s FusionSolar control and monitoring system to enhance a fleet of PV plants.
Nestlé to install 7 MW of rooftop solar at three Dubai sites
The Swiss food giant will partner with Yellow Door Energy and ALEC Energy to build three rooftop PV arrays at its manufacturing facilities in the Emirate as part of DEWA’s Shams Dubai Initiative.
UAE: Rooftop specialist Environmena acquired by UK investment firm
U.K. investment firm, Arjun Infrastructure Partners is expected to bring strategic support and access to capital to the UAE-based solar developer.
Updated: DEWA seeks EPC contactors for 60 MW of PV in Dubai
The company’s unit Etihad ESCO will carry out the tendering process for the projects, which will be developed on facility close to DEWA’s water reservoirs.
DEWA announces new R&D subsidiary
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Company (DEWA) announced that the firm has launched a new wholly owned investment subsidiary. It is called Jumeirah Energy International Silicon Valley Company and, as the name entails, is found in the Silicon Valley in California.
Dubai has 17 MW of solar installed under net metering
The Shams Dubai initiative encourages DEWA residential and commercial customers to install rooftop PV systems under net metering in order to reduce their energy bills.
Shanghai Electric, ACWA to build 700 MW CSP plant phase four of Raschid al-Maktum solar park
A consortium consisting of Chinese Shanghai Electric and Saudi ACWA Power has bagged an order to build a 700 MW CSP plant, the fourth phase of the 1 GW Mohammed bin Raschid al-Maktum solar park located in the Dubai Desert.
Ingeteam to supply 1.17 GW of inverters to Abu Dhabi’s Sweihan PV project
The agreement will see the Spanish central inverter specialist ship its 1,000 Vdc Ingecon Sun PowerMax B series inverters to Sterling and Wilson, the EPC overseeing the construction of the Sweihan solar plant, which will be the world’s largest single-site solar park once complete.
