Environment & Energy | Tuesday 10 November, 2015 12:38 am

ArabiaWeather Raises US$7.1 Million to Expand Weather Offering for Businesses and Consumers in Middle East

ArabiaWeather Inc., the Middle East’s largest weather company, has announced a new round of funding totalling US$5 million, following the US$2.1 million it raised earlier this year. The current cycle, among the largest venture capital deals raised in the region in 2015, is led by Badia Impact ...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 9 November, 2015 3:45 am

LIGHTING UP HOMES WITH SOLAR GENERATED ELECTRICITY

The lighting industry globally has undergone a phenomenal transition over the past decade. While sensor-driven lighting is soon to become the norm, rapid developments in solar power generation along with energy storage have created immense opportunities for solar-generated lighting. The use of...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 5 November, 2015 6:28 am

Veolia Water Technologies introduces innovative solutions for water treatment and recycle

As Saudi Arabia plans to raise its water reuse rate to reach more than 65 % by 2020 and even exceed the 90 % by 2040, by means of converting the wastewater treatment facilities into main water sources at all sectors, global companies in cooperation with governmental bodies have already started to...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 4 November, 2015 9:33 am

ROSATOM considers ASEAN one of the key regions for nuclear power development

At the ongoing Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2015, being held in Singapore from 26 to 30 of October, 2015 the Head of ROSATOM in Southeast Asia Egor Simonov told about prospects of the development of peaceful atom in the region in the frame of the roundtable “Is Southeast Asia...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 2 November, 2015 1:47 am

Water tariff to rise 50% next month

The Ministry of Water and Electricity will raise by 50 percent tariff for water and sanitation services provided for government bodies and large industrial and commercial establishments as of Dec. 16. The ministry has set special pricing for water for those who benefit from water service only,...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 29 October, 2015 2:58 pm

POWER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE REGION SHOWCASED AT THE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED POWER QATAR SUMMIT 2015

The current progress and future of the power sector and plans to promote renewable energy resources in the State of Qatar were discussed at length, across two days at the recently concluded Power Qatar Summit 2015, held under the patronage of KAHRAMAA. Organized by global conference producers,...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 28 October, 2015 6:38 am

Domestic energy price hike under study: KSA

Saudi Arabia is considering raising its heavily subsidized domestic energy prices, said Ali Al-Naimi, minister of petroleum and natural resources, Tuesday. “All prices eventually rise,” Al-Naimi said on the sidelines of a mining conference. “Is it under study? The answer is...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 28 October, 2015 4:02 am

Middle East to Focus on Emergency Response Services as Region Prepares for Rise in Natural Disasters

Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are ramping up efforts to enhance emergency response and disaster prevention services, as the rise in natural disasters in the region outpaces the global average and more sophisticated solutions become available on the...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 3:56 am

Petrol pipelines to Riyadh to be built by Aramco

The Cabinet has approved a recommendation from the Shoura Council for Saudi Aramco to build petrol pipelines to Riyadh and set up new stations in remote rural areas.  The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Monday at Al-Yamamah...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 26 October, 2015 2:56 am

Kingdom wins laurels in water desalination

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received on Sunday the awards that were given to the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) at the recent Global Water Summit in Greece. Abdullah Al-Hussayen, water and electricity minister, who took the awards to the king, was accompanied by...

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