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Saudi Environment Ministry launches new initiative to measure air pollution
Environment & Energy | Thursday 10 August, 2017 10:20 am
 Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has launched a new initiative to monitor air quality and emissions of pollutants in a bid to improve public health, it announced recently. The initiative requires the estimated 7,000 industrial facilities in the Kingdom with ...
Gulf Capital Signs Strategic Partnership with Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF to support Environmental Education and Conservation in the UAE
Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 August, 2017 12:18 pm
Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative investment firms in the Middle East, announced today a long-term platinum corporate membership with Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF), a leading local environmental NGO which is committed to protecting the...
Atomic program to contribute to Vision 2030: Energy minister
Environment & Energy | Friday 4 August, 2017 12:37 pm
The National Atomic Energy Program will be a strong pillar in achieving Vision 2030, said Khalid Al-Falih, energy minister and chairman of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE). The program aims to diversify energy sources and desalinate seawater, he said, stressing Saudi...
ENOC opens new service station in Jumeirah Village Circle
Environment & Energy | Wednesday 2 August, 2017 12:23 pm
ENOC Group recently opened a new service station at Jumeirah Village Circle. The opening supports ENOC’s commitment to its expansion plans aimed at building 54 service stations by 2020 and reinforces its sustainability initiatives in line with the Dubai 2021 Plan to become a smart and...
Jamjoom appointed chairman of Euro-Arab Environment Organization
Environment & Energy | Saturday 29 July, 2017 5:13 am
 The Euro-Arab Environment Organization (EAEO) on Wednesday appointed its new president, Ibrahim Abdul Ghaffar Jamjoom, who was elected to succeed Saleh Al-Muzaini. The EAEO’s flag was handed over at a ceremony held in Jeddah, in the presence of the secretary-general of the...
Sadara announces startup of its Amines Facility
Environment & Energy | Wednesday 19 July, 2017 6:21 am
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has successfully started up its Amines plant today. The Sadara Amines plant is composed of two separate facilities, the Ethanolamines plant and the Ethyleneamines plant, which together will produce a broad...
Riyadh to host renewable energy summit with focus on tech and solutions
Environment & Energy | Sunday 16 July, 2017 8:26 am
 Start on Oct. 18, Riyadh will host the two-day Kingdom Renewable Energy Summit 2017, with a focus on the latest renewable energy technologies and solutions. The energy sector has increased emphasis on renewable energy and new technologies under Vision 2030, to diversify energy sources by...
Sumitomo SHI FW Wins Contract for Recycled Wood Fired CFB Boiler
Environment & Energy | Friday 14 July, 2017 6:36 am
Sumitomo SHI FW announces today that it has been awarded a contract by Mälarenergie AB for design, supply and assembly of a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator for Mälarenergie’s heat and power plant, in Västerås, Sweden. Under the contract Sumitomo SHI FW...
GE’s LM Wind Power begins production at new wind turbine blade plant in Turkey
Environment & Energy | Friday 14 July, 2017 5:50 am
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business and leading designer and manufacturer of wind turbine blades, announced today that it has begun production at a new factory in Bergama, Turkey. The facility, which is located in Bergama Organized Industrial Zone (BOSBI), is expected to manufacture and...
Imports of non-dissolvable plastic products prohibited; soon to be banned from use
Environment & Energy | Monday 10 July, 2017 10:19 am
 Saudi Arabia on Sunday started barring the entry of non-dissolvable plastic products, executing a decision that will be followed by banning the manufacture, use and trade of such products by October. Non-dissolvable plastics can remain without change for hundreds of years, posing a threat to ...
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