solar energy

MOROCCO SOLAR ENRGY
Morocco
MENA
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Could Morocco supply half of Europe's energy needs?

The EU already depends on Rabat's agricultural exports and migration agreements; handing it control over electricity supplies could give it too much leverage.

Basma El Atti
26 September, 2025
An Iraqi-Kurdish electrical engineer gives a briefing by solar panels installed atop the roof of the Electricity Directorate in Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish
Iraq
Energy
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Iraq's first solar plant opens in Karbala desert

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 September, 2025
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Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Environment and Climate
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Solar power rising and energy shift in Kurdistan

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

18 August, 2025
Turkey Pushes Energy Security And Renewables
Oman
Energy
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IFC approves Oman polysilicon project loan over US objection

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 August, 2025
Qatar
Energy
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Major Qatari plant to double solar capacity by 2030

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 September, 2024
How climate change threatens MENA's solar energy revolution
solar energy
Environment and Climate
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How climate change threatens MENA's solar energy revolution

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

24 October, 2023
Lebanon banks
Economy
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Lebanon receives multimillion dollar Chinese donation

Rosabel Crean
20 September, 2023
Light at end of tunnel for Tunisia after renewable boom
Tunisia
Environment and Climate
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Light at the end of tunnel for Tunisia after renewable boom

Austin

Austin Bodetti

21 March, 2023
Illustration - In-depth - Jordan/Israel gas
Jordan
In-depth
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How Jordan's gas deal with Israel impacted green energy

Rose Chacko
19 December, 2022
Morocco
MENA
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UK's £18 billion Morocco solar farm hits a snag

The New Arab Staff
05 December, 2022
Syria solar panels
Idlib
Society
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Solar energy the choice of millions in war-ravaged Syria

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

11 October, 2022
Solar panels
Oman
Energy
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Oman opens multimillion dollar mega solar project

The New Arab Staff
25 January, 2022
Jordan
MENA
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Jordanians rally against Israeli solar power project

William Christou
23 November, 2021
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Jordan
Energy
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Israel, Jordan to sign water-for-energy deal

The New Arab Staff
17 November, 2021
Syria
MENA
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UAE companies to build solar power station in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 November, 2021
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq, UAE sign deal on five solar electricity plants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 October, 2021
Employees walk past solar panels at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on March 20, 2017, in Dubai. Dubai completed a solar plant big enough to power 50,000 homes as part of a plan to generate three-quarters of its energy from renewables by 2050. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
Iraq
Perspectives

How the UAE is using climate diplomacy in Iraq

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Taif Alkhudary

18 August, 2021
Members of Iraq's PMF march in a symbolic funerary parade in Baghdad on 29 June, 2021, in remembrance of those killed in a recent US raid. [Getty]
The Iraq Report
Iraq Report
Inside MENA
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The Iraq Report: Biden orders airstrikes on militias

The New Arab
29 June, 2021
After the destruction of the Tabqa Dam during the Syrian Civil War, residents in Raqqa have turned to solar energy to subsist [Getty Images]
Raqqa
Environment and Climate
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Raqqa 'rises with the sun' with surge of solar panel use

Austin

Austin Bodetti

11 June, 2021
EmpowerGaza - Islamic Relief Canada
solar energy
Analysis
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Solar Empowered: Gazans develop life-saving electricity initiative

Raya al-Jadir
28 March, 2018
ARAMCO - AFP
solar energy
MENA
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Saudi Arabia wants to become global renewable energy powerhouse

The New Arab
02 November, 2016