His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Chairman of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), visited the pavilion of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling service provider, at WETEX 2019 in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, where he was […]

Bee’ah, the Middle East’s leading sustainability pioneer, will power its iconic new headquarters in Sharjah with solar energy, reinforcing its commitment to championing sustainability and innovation. The plant will be developed and built by Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, and backed by Tesla Powerpacks that will store excess energy to power […]

Sensus, a specialist in water metering solutions and a precursor to smart water networks in the Middle East, has today unveiled its new ultrasound static water meter, Cordonel, that has been designed to help achieve a smarter utility network. With GCC utilities expected to invest more than $100bn in digital solutions over the next five years, Cordonel is set to support […]

As part of the UAE’s 2021 Sustainability Agenda and Dubai’s commitment to join the global battle against climate change, the Emirate has signed the Air Quality Declaration alongside 34 global leading cities at the C40 World Mayors Summit 2019, which took place this October. The declaration comes in line with the vision of His Highness […]

Solar asset owners in the Middle East and around the world could face as much as $3000 per megawatt in unplanned maintenance costs per year. The estimate was made by Wood Mackenzie, a leading global energy research and consultancy, as part of its global forecast of $16bn worth of unplanned repair and maintenance related activities […]