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MENA Weekly Roundup: Middle East Renewables Market Reaches $48 Billion

The Middle East renewable energy market was valued at $48.03 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to $136.88 billion by 2034, registering a compound annual growth...

March 3, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Renewable Energy
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Egypt Invites Bids for 500 MW Solar Project in Western Nile Area

The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) have invited bids for the development of a 500 MW solar power...

February 23, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Türkiye, ACWA to Sign 3 GW Deal at COP31

Türkiye and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power will sign the second phase of the 5 GW renewable energy corporation deal at the UN climate summit COP31 to be held in Antalya,...

February 23, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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Wind
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Egypt Plans to Add 3 GW of Solar Power in 2026

Egypt announced plans to meet its high power demand in summer by adding 3 GW of solar energy to the grid in 2026. The plan also involves adding 600 MW of battery energy...

February 17, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Renewable Energy

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Solar
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Saudi Arabia Reveals 5.3 GW Renewable Project Bidders

Saudi Arabia announced the list of qualified bidders for the seventh round of renewable energy projects under its National Renewable Energy Program, totaling 5.3 GW of...

January 12, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Markets & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Egypt Launches 2 GW Solar Cell, Module Plant

Egypt laid the foundation stone for the Atum Solar manufacturing complex in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, a $210 million project being developed by a consortium of...

December 23, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Egypt Plans $15 Billion South Sinai Renewable Complex

A consortium of international companies, led by Spain’s Abengoa, plans to invest $15 billion in Egypt’s South Sinai region to construct a renewable energy complex...

December 8, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Kuwait to Add Battery Storage to Ease Power Shortages

Kuwait is negotiating a major battery storage project with a discharge capacity of up to 1.5 GW and a total energy storage capacity of between 4 GWh and 6 GWh to...

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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Saudi Arabia Awards 4.5 GW Renewable Projects

The Saudi Power Procurement Company awarded four solar and one wind projects totaling 4.5 GW in the sixth phase of the National Renewable Energy Program. Abu Dhabi...

November 3, 2025

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Staff

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Masdar, EWEC Break Ground on Solar Plus Storage Project

Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) have broken ground on a solar-plus-storage project capable of delivering round-the-clock baseload energy. The...

October 28, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Solar

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Wind
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Kuwait Shortlists Global Firms for 500 MW Solar Project

The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), the country’s central government agency for implementing public-private partnership projects, shortlisted...

October 13, 2025

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Staff

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Renewable Energy
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Infinity to Develop 1.2 GW Solar-Storage Project in Egypt

Egypt-headquartered renewable energy company, Infinity Power, is likely to secure a 1,200 MW solar power project with battery storage in the country. Of the total...

September 30, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Energy Storage

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Solar
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Egypt Allocates $2.8 Billion for Power, Renewables

Egypt’s Ministry of Planning stated that the country has allocated E£136.3 billion ($2.8 billion) to the electricity and renewable energy sector in its 2025-26...

September 8, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Market & Policy

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Solar
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MENA Weekly Roundup: Egypt Signs $220 Million Deal for Solar Manufacturing

Egypt signed a land usufruct contract for a $220 million industrial complex to manufacture solar cells, panels, and energy storage systems in the Suez Canal Economic...

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MENA Weekly Roundup: Masdar Closes Financing for 2 GW Saudi Solar Project

UAE’s Masdar, alongside its consortium partners GD Power and Korea Electric Power, reached the financial close for the 2 GW Al Sadawi solar project in Saudi Arabia’s...

August 25, 2025

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Staff

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Market & Policy

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Renewable Energy

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