Environment & Energy | Tuesday 27 January, 2015 12:36 am

Kingdom’s nonoil GDP growth expected to be robust in 2015

Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) recently released its outlook on GCC markets for the full year of 2015. In this research report, Markaz analyses the performance of GCC stock markets in 2014 and provides an outlook for 2015 based on hydrocarbon dependency, corporate earnings potential, valuation...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 26 January, 2015 3:59 pm

GE’s Power Conversion Business Helps Meet Rising Demand for Water and Electricity in Saudi Arabia

GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) will provide the electrical variable speed drive (eVSD) system technology including motors and MV7000 drives to help power the new Yanbu 3 power and desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The systems from GE will increase the efficiency of the desalination...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 23 January, 2015 12:54 am

College students suffer from ‘weather phobia’

Some 90 percent of Saudi college students are suffering from "weather phobia," which has resulted in the absence of considerable number of students from colleges, a local daily said quoting a recently published study undertaken by King Khalid University (KKU).Ninety-five percent of students who...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 23 January, 2015 12:35 am

Xylem’s intelligent pump control solution recognised at International Water Summit

Xylem Inc., (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, has been announced as a finalist in the Innovate@IWS competition at the International Water Summit, Abu Dhabi. Xylem is one of four finalists in the municipal water...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 21 January, 2015 1:46 pm

Water surpasses solar as the GCC’s fastest growing renewable technology

The cleantech industry saw a sudden growth in confidence for water technologies in 2014, according to EY’s 4th MENA Cleantech Survey Report that was launched at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. The survey gauges the sentiment of senior industry executives on renewable energy...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 21 January, 2015 12:58 am

Solar Impulse and Partners Unveil The Route Of Their First Round-The-World Solar Flight Attempt

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the Swiss co-founders and pilots of Solar Impulse, along with their Partners, today revealed the detailed global flight route of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2). The first solar-powered plane able to fly day and night will land in 12 locations across the world and...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 21 January, 2015 12:03 am

Manz Prepares for Solar Market Expansion in MENA

The Middle East and North Africa region is about to witness a growth period in terms of solar energy investments. According to a recent report by MEED, more than $50 billion is expected to be put into projects on the ground in the region by 2020. It’s been a topic on governments’ agenda for...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 18 January, 2015 12:25 pm

WFES, IWS and EcoWaste begin 4-day run tomorrow, showcasing industry-leading technological innovations

The World Future Energy Summit (WFES), International Water Summit (IWS) and EcoWaste all open their four-day exhibitions and conferences tomorrow (19 January), showcasing the latest in technological innovations to provide commercial solutions to the interconnected challenges of clean energy...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 18 January, 2015 9:50 am

Adionics adapts its AquaOmnes® disruptive desalination technology to existing desalination plants and to the oil and gas industry.

Adionics is pleased to announce, while taking part in the IWS 2015 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the launch of variants of its AquaOmnes technology for existing plants by valuing their brines and for the oil and gas industry.Adionics introduced AquaOmnes on the occasion of the last IFAT fair (Munich,...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 17 January, 2015 2:57 am

KSA captures 15% of Arab green building projects

Saudi Arabia has captured 15 percent of the green building projects in the Middle East, Faisal Al-Fadl, head of the Initiative of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Green Building, told media.The Kingdom currently has more than 300 projects out of 2,000 green projects spread throughout the...

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