TAQA has invited companies to submit qualifications ahead of tendering the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the UAE?s first waste-to-energy plant
Energy
Electricity barge sets anchor at Zouk plant
![In central Beirut, electricity supply has remained at 21 hours a day, except for days when there have been major failures at the country?s aging plants. (Image source: austinevan/Flickr)](/images/beirut.jpg)
In central Beirut, electricity supply has remained at 21 hours a day, except for days when there have been major failures at the country?s aging plants. (Image source: austinevan/Flickr)
A Turkish power barge, which arrived in Lebanon a fortnight ago, has finally set anchor at the Zouk power plant where it is scheduled to start producing electricity by mid-March with the aim of reducing ongoing blackouts across the country
Lebanon signs US$348 million power plants contract
![UK bank HSBC and the EKF, Denmarks export credit agency, have reportedly offered to provide an extended loan for the projects. (Image source: Salim Virji/Flickr)](/images/electricity3.jpg)
UK bank HSBC and the EKF, Denmarks export credit agency, have reportedly offered to provide an extended loan for the projects. (Image source: Salim Virji/Flickr)
Lebanons Ministry of Energy and Water has signed a US$348mn contract with a Danish-German consortium to build new power plants in Jiyyeh and Zouk
Libya could produce 'more energy from solar power than oil'
Nottingham Trent University has released a report suggesting that Libya could generate at least five times the amount of energy from solar power than it currently produces from crude oil
Shams 1 renewable energy project to begin full operations on 17 March
The Shams 1 renewable energy project, which is expected to generate 100MW of clean and sustainable energy at a cost of US$600mn, will be inaugurated in Abu Dhabi on 17 March