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Egypt’s Environment Ministry has issued a tender for two private waste management facilities in Qena in cooperation with the European Commission, the German Development Bank (KFW), and the Swiss government, the ministry said in a statement Tuesday. The tenders are for a sanitary landfill and a waste treatment facility. ALSO-The UAE and Romania signed an […]
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Posted inON YOUR WAY OUT
No fuel money? No problem — find yourself an EV battery
Pimp my ride, the sustainable, Egyptian way: Unhappy with surging fuel prices, Egyptian teacher Ali Al Saeed decided to convert his 1985 Fiat into an EV, Reuters reported on Monday. Despite the hefty cost of the electric battery (nearly six times the USD 510 car’s price), the investment was worth it, Al Saeed says. He […]
Posted inCALENDAR
OCTOBER 16-21 October (Sunday-Friday): Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Le Royal Hotel, Hammamet, Tunisia. 24-26 October (Monday-Wednesday): International Exhibition of Renewable Energies Clean Energies and Sustainable Development, Centre Des Conventions Mohammed Ben Ahmed, Oran, Algeria. 31 October (Monday): Deadline for proposals for Jordan’s USD 2 bn Aqaba-Amman desalination project. Approval of EU draft document pushing […]
Posted inWHAT WE’RE TRACKING TODAY
TODAY: Egypt passes bill that includes cleaner cars + Is Stellantis walking back on its strong green record?
Good morning, wonderful people. We take back what we said yesterday about the news drought — we have a big issue this morning packed with regional green news, so let’s jump right into it. THE BIG CLIMATE STORY in our corner of the world has to be hydrogen as backers of the emerging technology position […]
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Posted inGREEN HYDROGEN
Get ready for more green hydrogen news from Egypt during COP
Could Egypt’s green hydrogen MoUs turn to concrete agreements at COP27? Egypt could unveil new framework agreements for green hydrogen projects during COP27 for “at least a couple of the dozen” MoUs already signed with international companies — marking the next stage in getting them off the ground — DW said yesterday, citing experts. Keep […]
Posted inGREEN HYDROGEN
Over in the GCC, it may need to go blue, before it goes green
In the GCC, large-scale green hydrogen production is likely to trail behind blue hydrogen, according to a report published by ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Thursday and picked up by Zawya yesterday. The GCC’s access to cheap domestic natgas, local carbon capture and storage (CCS) expertise, and available infrastructure will make blue hydrogen production […]
Posted inM&A WATCH
Wafra acquires majority stake in Mission Clean Energy as GCC investment spree in western green assets gains steam
GCC-focused alternative asset manager Wafra acquired a majority stake in US utility-scale renewable asset developer Mission Clean Energy, the latter said in a statement on Monday. Neither party has announced the size of the stake Wafra took or now much it paid. What will Mission do with the investment? The Virginia-based company will use Wafra’s […]
Posted inSOLAR
The GCC’s peninsula completed its first large-scale solar plant
Qatar inaugurated yesterday its 800 MWp Al Kharsaah solar PV power plant, according to state-run Qatar News Agency (here and here). Built at a cost of QAR 1.7 bn (c. USD 470 mn), the 800 MW facility will deliver about 10% of the country’s peak electricity demand, said TotalEnergies, a player in the consortium that […]
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