Solar Energy

Oman boosts solar supply chain with Italian-built automated production line

The project comes as Oman’s solar sector grows, supported by strong solar resources and rising electricity demand.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Gigawatt Global's 7.5 MW Solar Field in Burundi, completed in May 2021, providing over 10% of the country's electricity.
Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle, next to an area destroyed by Myanmar's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024.

War-torn Myanmar embraces solar to tackle power crisis

Myanmar's junta said earlier this year generation capacity had plunged by nearly half from pre-2021 levels.

|ByREUTERS
Farmers stand by solar panels used to power the pumping of water from a well on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen June 6, 2022. Picture taken June 6, 2022.

Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country

Yemen has been grappling with almost 30 years of electricity crisis due to fuel shortages and a war that caused severe damage to the national power infrastructure.

|ByREUTERS
A man drinking water in the desert

The strangest attraction you’ll encounter in the middle of the desert

It’s pink, solar-powered, waiting for you in the heart of a dry desert, and it’s packed with cold drinks – completely free. If that sounds like a mirage, wait until you hear who put it there.

|ByWALLA!

Grim future for the Middle East predicted due to climate change - study

The book is not without bright spots, however, as it suggests that with its unique characteristics, the Middle East could help with the solution to these issues.

JANUARY 21, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SOLAR PANELS on the roof of a house

Gila Gamliel publishes video discussing green energy between Israel, US

In the video, she spoke about technologies being developed in Israel in the field of renewable energy storage.

JANUARY 21, 2021ByOMRI RON
Solar panels at one of the projects of Enlight Renewable Energy

Solar energy will help us strengthen Israeli-Arab peace, Netanyahu says

"Israel is completely committed to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by the year 2050," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the International Climate Change Committee.

DECEMBER 13, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A worker walks next to parabolic mirrors at the research site of solar power company Brenmiller Energy near Dimona

The Negev is key to our renewable energy future

While individuals have a responsibility to be energy-aware, they’re not the only culprits of climate concerns.

DECEMBER 5, 2020ByNATASHA RAMIREZ
Rotating parabolic mirrors at the Negev Energy thermo-solar power plant