Environment & Energy | Saturday 24 June, 2017 4:30 am

Empower to participate in 108th IDEA Annual Conference & Tradeshow in Arizona, U.S.

Ahmad Bin Shafar, the CEO of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, will be attending the International District Energy Association’s (IDEA)108the Annual Conference & Tradeshow, which will take place in...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 19 June, 2017 3:29 pm

Eight contracts signed to provide water, sewage services in five regions

Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdul Rahman Al-Fadli signed a number of contracts to operate and maintain a series of water and sewage projects in five regions of the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The cost of the water and sewage projects totaled SR146.7 million...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 19 June, 2017 2:18 pm

Empower starts delivering district cooling solutions to JVC and JVT

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, stated that it has started delivering district cooling solutions to Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT) and Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) projects. Empower will provide residential,...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 15 June, 2017 3:26 pm

Water Ministry launches new projects worth SR4.9bn

 In keeping with the Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Program (NTP) 2020, several water-related projects costing SR4.9 billion ($1.3 billion) were launched at a special sahoor party hosted by the Ministry of Water, Environment, and Agriculture at a hotel in Riyadh on...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 13 June, 2017 6:46 am

Energy minister opens Saudi pavilion at Astana Expo 2017

Saudi participation in Expo 2017 in Astana reflects the Kingdom’s drive to develop and use sustainable energy, said Minister of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources Khalid Al-Falih. The Kingdom is participating in the expo in the Kazakh capital with a wing supervised by the King Abdullah...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 13 June, 2017 4:20 am

Empower’s ‘Smile at 24 degrees’ campaign set to drive optimal utility savings for district cooling consumers

As the mercury rises, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, has launched its nationwide summer campaign – ‘Smile at 24 degrees’. The campaign will be running for three months and it aims to reduce the...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 12 June, 2017 2:23 pm

Superfood ‘kale’ now grown in UAE without soil

Global Food Industries part of the Albatha Group has revolutionized the agricultural industry in UAE by developing a huge aqua farm to produce kale, known as one of the most-healthiest superfood on the planet due to its nutritional properties. Once it’s harvested, it is rapidly processed with ...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 12 June, 2017 12:22 pm

Technical Committee of 3rd Emirates Energy Award (EEA) holds its 1st meeting to review participations

The technical committee of the Emirates Energy Award (EEA), which organised under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, under the theme “Innovative solutions for clean energy”, held its first meeting...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 11 June, 2017 3:50 pm

The 20th edition of Saudi Elenex Exhibition was concluded last week

  The 20th edition of Saudi Elenex and Saudi Aircon exhibitions were concluded on Tuesday 16th of May 2017, at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre,   With the support of Saudi Electricity Company as a diamond sponsor, and a participating sponsor of Saudi...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 8 June, 2017 4:21 pm

Sadara expands its suite of specialty chemicals

Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, today announced the production of commercial quantities of butyl glycol ether (BGE), which will be refined into several specialty chemicals that Sadara will be producing in Saudi Arabia for the first time....

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