Pakistan to develop solar energy resources with Suntech

China’s crystalline silicon PV module manufacturer plans to
collaborate with public and private sector companies to help
meet the country’s energy shortage. Wuxi, China-based
Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:STP) said it has signed a
memorandum of understanding with Pakistan's Alternative
Energy Development Board to help grow the adoption of solar
energy technologies to meet the energy shortage in Pakistan...
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Solar energy system in North Africa and the Middle East

A unique industry initiative to develop a reliable, sustainable and
climate-friendly energy supply from the deserts in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) is now taking shape... MORE.


SAS Taps into GCC's $196b Oil and Gas Business

SAS is offering software solutions that helps upstream,
midstream and downstream companies in the Middle East oil
and gas sector transform masses of data into operational
intelligence.MORE   


Taiwan unveils Asia's biggest solar plant

TAIPEI — Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar
power plant as the island, which imports almost all its energy,
seeks to tap into clean renewable resources, the government
said Wednesday. The two-hectare (4.9-acre) plant in south
Taiwan's Kaohsiung county, an area that enjoys year-round
sunshine, is equipped with 141 huge solar panels that can
generate one megawatt...MORE


Nuclear Power as a Source of Fresh Water?

In the Middle East, many countries are experiencing rapidly
rising populations who in turn are expecting rising living
standards which require increasing water usage. Yet water
supplies are limited, in many cases critically so, and the
extraction of fresh drinking water from surrounding sea water is
extremely energy intensive...MORE


Mena can Generate 3 Times
of World Power Demand

DUBAI - The Middle East and North Africa, or Mena, region has
the potential to generate more than three times of the world’s
total current power demand by developing its renewable energy
sector, a new study finds. The region has the world’s greatest
potential for solar power generation, offering 45 per cent of the
world’s total energy potential from all renewable sources...MORE


Saudi Arabia opens investment prospects worth $400
billion

The GCC continues to be a potent investment and business
destination for a wide range of oil and gas projects, particularly
with Saudi Arabia poised to spend up to USD 400 billion for its
own high-profile oil and gas projects within the next several
years...MORE


UAE has 14.6% of proven Arab oil reserves   

The UAE has the fourth-largest proven reserves of crude oil
among Arab countries, accounting for 14.6 percent of the Arab
World's total, the Unified Arab Economic Report for 2009 said.
Saudi Arabia tops with 39.3 per cent of the total, followed by Iraq
with 17.1 percent and Kuwait with 15.1 percent...MORE


Kuwait discovers new oil and gas field

DUBAI - Kuwait has discovered a new oil and gas field and is
exploring for more as the OPEC producer seeks to boost its
crude output capacity by about 27% to 4 million barrels of oil a
day by 2020...MORE


Indian jail aims to be 'world's first green prison'

South Asia's largest prison -- Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi -- is
hoping to become the first in the world to go green, by using
renewable energy, recycled waste and cutting its electricity
consumption...MORE
New device aims to hike solar power
output
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced it has
developed the world's first technology to maximize
output power in photovoltaic systems in poor
weather conditions through the inclusion of a new
maximum power-point tracking system in PV
inverters. The technology, which works with a
single PV inverter, achieves the maximum power
point even when part of a PV array is hidden by
shadow or dust, Mitsubishi said.
Solar power as a renewable energy of the future
has gained ground worldwide but with its
popularity pressure has built on both energy
producers and plant manufacturers to extract
maximum results at minimum cost. Industry
analysts said solar energy output and cost
efficiency increasingly would depend on the
quality of equipment supplied. That meant that
the less-developed countries would...MORE
Energy-efficient LED Christmas lights
As the old adage has it,
Christmas is a time for
giving. But considering
the doleful state of the
economy, one might well
argue that, at least this
year, Christmas ought to
be a time for saving as well.
As December 25 approaches,
thousands of Americans have
decided to replace their old
incandescent holiday lights
with energy-efficient,
money-saving light-
emitting diode (LED)
lights, suggesting that,
even during the season of
abundance, one can be frugal as well as festive.
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PPL secures
exploration rights of
two blocks
ISLAMABAD,
Pakistan Petroleum
Limited (PPL) has
secured exploration
rights for two blocks
in a bid to invest
17.05 million dollars
to explore oil and gas
reserves... MORE
Bangladesh -
India - Myanmar
Tri Nation Gas
Pipeline: The
Dream
SAARC region could not have any inter country or
multination energy grid for variety of reasons
ranging from lack of political commitment to lack of
mutual trust and respect. People talk about Iran –
Pakistan –India pipeline, Turkmenistan –
Afghanistan-Pakistan pipeline, Myanmar-
Bangladesh-India pipeline. But none of this has
taken shape till now... MORE
Dec 16: With one flick
of a switch, Russia's
long-standing
dominance and near
monopoly over
Central Asian
natural-gas exports
officially came to an
end. The
Turkmenistan-China
pipeline, which will
carry natural gas from
eastern Turkmenistan
through Uzbekistan
and Kazakhstan into
China's northwestern
Xinjiang region..MORE
China ends Russia's
grip on Turkmen gas
Tobacco biofue?

Boffins in Ameria have found
ways to genetically engineer
the tobacco plants so that their
leaves express more oil. In
some instances, the modified
plants produced 20-fold more
oil in the leaves...MORE
Energy Efficient Cars
New Delhi: The automobile
manufacturers can rest in
peace, for at least three years.
Energy-efficiency star ratings
are not likely to be made
mandatory from 2011, as
proposed earlier..MORE
Zero-energy building!
A new development project
along the waterfront in
Brooklyn may set the gold
standard in green living. When
completed, Redhook Green
will be New York City's first
"zero-energy" building...MORE.
Energy From Waste: Case Studies From European Commission
Reports and case studies from various countries on using different
types of waste materials (wood, plastic, waste food, garbage, etc) to
produce electricity or heat while disposing the waste products in an
environmentally friendly manner
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