The Gulf region has achieved significant milestones in its journey towards sustainability and renewable energy this year, with some of the key achievements having been the start-up of the Barakah nuclear energy plant in Abu Dhabi and the Dumat Al Jandal wind project in Saudi Arabia as well as the launch of key phases of the Mohammed bin Rashid Sola

Alec Energy has won the contract to provide a solar photovoltaic solution for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (Dewa) new headquarters, Al-Shera’a (Arabic for sail), in the Al Jaddaf area of Dubai.

The first structural steel elements for Dubai’s new waste-to-energy plant (WtE) are being put in place  with the help of a 500TE mobile crane, according to its contractor Besix, a leading Belgian infrastructure group. On completion, the WtE plant, located at the former Warsan landfill site in Dubai, will process 1.

Emerson has appointed SirajPower to implement a solar rooftop plant at its Middle East and Africa head office in Dubai, making it the largest solar rooftop plant in a single location within Jebel Ali.