Dubai solar test to benefit UK businesses

Heriot-Watt University in Dubai has unveiled a testing site, backed by UK Government funding, to support companies in developing new solar technologies

Fight climate change, not each other, says COP28 President

Sultan al-Jaber has said the climate strategies that countries pursue “must leave no one behind”

UAE names oil giant chief as COP28 President

The UAE will host the annual climate summit in Dubai from 30th November to12th December

Qatar World Cup green pledge slammed by 500 daily flights

Fans flying in from nearby Dubai and other cities for games is putting the carbon-neutral pledge in doubt, researchers claim

Birmingham Uni partners with Siemens to create ‘world’s smartest’ campus

They will combine digital sensor and analytics technologies, decentralised energy generation, storage and renewable energy to create a “Living Lab’

Solar PV to drive fourfold increase in Emirates’ renewable capacity by 2025

UAE will reach 9GW of capacity by the end of 2025, new report estimates

Dubai launches 800MW third phase of the ‘largest single-site solar park in the world’

The third phase is forecast to provide renewable energy for more than 240,000 homes

‘World’s largest concentrated solar plant’ progresses despite Covid-19

The $4.4 billion project is expected to increase the share of Dubai’s clean energy to 25% by 2030, allowing a saving of 1.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

Climate change: Regional collaboration centre established in Dubai

The Centre aims to help accelerate climate action in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia

First unit of Dubai’s giant concentrated solar plant commissioned

The project, estimated to cost $14 billion, will have a total capacity of 5GW