Environment & Energy | Monday 22 August, 2016 2:09 pm

SADAFCO Launches Solar Power Project in Riyadh

After announcing its investment in a SAR 2 million solar power project in its Riyadh Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) last October, Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Company (SADAFCO) has now commenced operations utilizing a photovoltaic (PV)-diesel hybrid system that can deliver up to 40...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 18 August, 2016 1:13 pm

Averda’s new contract win aims to increase recycling in Dubai

Beginning October 2016, the residents, schools, universities and public hospitals of Al Mizhar, Al Muhaisnah and Nadd Al Hamar districts in Dubai will see Averda’s ‘men in blue’ at work as part of a new waste management contract award by Dubai Municipality. They will be cleaning...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 14 August, 2016 7:22 am

SEC fuels wind, solar projects in line with Vision 2030

In line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) have begun technical studies to take advantage of renewable energy and in line with that has identified sites that could produce solar energy in the various regions of the Kingdom. SEC CEO Ziad Al-Shiha told...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 13 August, 2016 2:18 am

23rd World Energy Congress Set to Shape Future Global Energy Landscape

Momentum is building towards the 23rd World Energy Congress, due to take place in Istanbul between 9th and 13th October, just two months away. Government ministers from almost 50 countries are among the 261 influential senior leaders confirmed to speak at the event. The...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 11 August, 2016 1:48 pm

Gulf Safety Forum attracts unprecedented levels of support from diverse industries

Safety is of paramount importance for companies across all sectors as the smallest incident can lead to disastrous consequences. From Union Carbide’s Bhopal disaster in India in 1984, to the Macondo explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, all these incidents had a clear impact...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 11 August, 2016 8:12 am

Saudi Aramco appoints chief of PIF to board

Saudi Aramco has appointed to its board Yasir Al-Rumayyan, managing director of its top sovereign wealth fund, in a sign that the two institutions plan to cooperate closely to restructure the economy in an era of low oil prices. Saudi Aramco updated its website to show Al-Rumayyan as a new board...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 10 August, 2016 5:13 pm

Averda is Set to Build Republic of Congo’s First Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

members of the Parliamentary Committee of the Congolese Government and the Economic and Financial Commission of Congo National Assembly, representatives of Brazzaville Municipality and the Mayors of Pointe Noire and Brazzaville, visited Lifoula landfill site – this will become Republic of...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 10 August, 2016 10:35 am

Newest, most powerful in Russia nuclear reactor of Novovoronezh NPP has released first electricity to the grid

On the 5th of August 2016, the innovative power unit of Generation III+ at Novovoronezh NPP has been connected to the national grid and produced first 240 MW of electricity. At 03 hours 35 minutes (MSK) one of the most important and critical operations at the stage of the first power was carried...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 10 August, 2016 9:31 am

Oil sector less optimistic with 55% indicating no plans to invest further

Forty four percent of businesses in Saudi Arabia are not aware of the national vision of the economic transformation 2020, National Commercial Bank (NCB) said in its “Saudi Arabia Business Optimism Index (BOI)” survey for the third quarter of this year. The survey is issued by NCB in ...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 9 August, 2016 3:31 pm

Empower warehouses in Al Qouz achieve LEED Gold Certification from US Green Building Council

 As part of its commitment to enhance sustainability activities in Dubai, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), world’s largest district cooling company, has achieved LEED Gold Certification from the US Green Building Council for its warehouses located in Al Qouz,...

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