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A 1 GW solar plant in Iraq is set “to be contracted” soon, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani said, according to the Iraqi News Agency. The price tag and timeframe have not been disclosed. Could it be the French-backed project? The country’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani signed an agreement with French president Emmanuel Macron […]
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Project update: Acwa Power’s 1 GW solar plant in Bangladesh slated to be operational in 2024
Acwa Power’s solar plant plans in Bangladesh moves forward: Saudi renewables giant Acwa Power and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) are ramping up plans to develop and launch a planned 1 GW solar plant with a proposed timeline of bringing the project online next year, Arab News reports, quoting Bangladesh’s Energy and Power Minister […]
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Britain’s largest homebuilder wants to change the game for climate-resilient homes
The blueprint for climate-resilient homes: Britain's largest homebuilder Barratt Developments is teaming up with French construction materials group Saint-Gobain and the University of Salford to build a climate resilient concept home that could serve as a blueprint for the future of architecture, they announced in a statement last week. If successful, the plan could change […]
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Yet another — costly — mechanism for carbon capture?
Scientists have discovered a mechanism to absorb carbon dioxide from the air to later turn it into sodium bicarbonate and store it in oceans, CNN reported last week, citing a paper published in Science Advances. The team used copper to modify the absorbent material used in direct air capture and the mechanism is three times […]
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Aluminium Bahrain secures green financing for 6 MW solar power project
Aluminium Bahrain secures green financing for solar: Bahrain-based aluminum smelter Aluminium Bahrain secured a BD 1.6 mn (USD 4.2 mn) green loan from the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait to finance its planned 6 MW solar project, Zawya reports. The project — which will span nearly 37k square meters — will see Aluminium Bahrain install […]
Posted inON YOUR WAY OUT
A special enzyme that can turn hydrogen in the air into energy
A breakthrough in energy generation? Scientists from Melbourne’s Monash University were able to explain how a microscopic enzyme called Huc can act like a “natural battery” using traces of hydrogen from the air to produce a small electrical current, in a study published in Nature last week. What makes Huc so special? The enzyme’s unique […]
Posted inCALENDAR
MARCH 2023 15-19 March (Wednesday-Sunday): Qatar International Agricultural and Environmental Exhibition, Doha, Qatar. 20-21 March (Monday-Tuesday): Copenhagen Climate Ministerial. 20-23 March (Monday-Thursday): The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, Hilton Berlin, Germany. 22-24 March (Wednesday-Friday): K.ey - The Energy Transition Expo, Rimini Expo Centre, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. 22-24 March (Wednesday-Friday): UN 2023 Water Conference, New York, NY, United […]
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TODAY: Jordan’s gearing up for its maiden green bond issuance
Good morning, friends, and welcome to a stacked issue with regional updates across the board. We have a bit of green finance, renewable energy projects, and an interesting read on the intersection of people’s vaping habits (read: addictions?) and the production of EV batteries. Let’s jump right in. THE BIG CLIMATE STORY- The International Finance […]
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