Good morning, nice people. We have a hefty issue this morning to kick off the week with lots of climate industry updates from across the region. Let’s jump in. THE BIG CLIMATE STORY- Dutch-based chemical producer OCI Global completed a six-hour operation refueling the world’s first green-methanol-powered container ship with 500 tons of the green […]
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MENA’s first green methanol refueling operation concludes Egypt’s Port Said
OCI Global completes its first green methanol refueling operation in MENA: Dutch-based chemical producer OCI Global completed a six-hour operation refueling the world’s first green-methanol-powered container ship with 500 tons of the green fuel in Egypt’s East Port Said, according to a statement released on Friday. The refueling operation by OCI Global took place under […]
Bahrain Steel to supply 50% of Essar’s KSA green steel plant with iron ore pellets
Bahrain Steel to supply iron ore pellets to KSA’s first green steel plant: Iron ore pellet producer Bahrain Steel has signed a letter of intent with Indian multinational conglomerate Essar Group to supply 4 mn tons of iron ore pellets per year to Essar’s USD 4.5 bn green steel project in Ras Al Khair, Saudi […]
Acwa Power wins bid to construct and operate UAE’s Hassyan desalination project
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has tapped KSA’s Acwa Power to construct and operate a solar-powered desalination project in Hassyan, Wam reported last week. The AED 3.4 bn (USD 914 mn) 681.4k cbm per day facility is set to be one of the largest sea water reverse osmosis plants powered by solar energy […]
Oman’s Be’ah is in talks to secure financing for waste treatment project expansion
Be’ah are drumming up funding for waste treatment plant expansion: Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (Be’ah) — which operates under the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) — is in talks to finance the construction of the second phase of its hazardous waste treatment project in Sohar, according to the OIA’s latest annual report (pdf). It did […]
Ethiopia and the UAE are partnering on biofuels and carbon credits
Ethiopia and the UAE partner on biofuels and carbon credits: Ethiopia’s Agriculture Ministry and the UAE’s state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to expand cooperation in biofuel feedstock production, carbon credit generation, and agriculture, the Abu Dhabi Media Office said on Friday. The LoI was penned during UAE […]
Oman hits the gas pedal on renewables in its 7-year plan, with some 10 RfQs to be issued this year alone
Spain’s PVH supplies solar trackers for KSA’s Al Shuaibah project: Spanish solar energy equipment manufacturer PV Hardware (PVH) will supply 1.7 GW of solar trackers for the 2 GW, USD 2.2 bn Al Shuaibah project in KSA, according to a statement released last Thursday. The project is expected to kick off operations in 4Q 2025. […]
India defines green hydrogen by placing an emissions limit on production
India has put in place an emission limit of two kilogram CO2 per each kg of hydrogen produced to be labeled “green” from renewables, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing a statement by the country’s New and Renewable Energy Ministry. "With this notification, India becomes one of the first few countries in the world to announce […]