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Bahrain is the third lowest in household rates for electricity and water among the six GCC countries. (Image source: Rory/Flickr)

Bahrain has approved the removal of subsidies for electricity and water in March this year, which will eventually see prices double for expats and large companies in the industrial sector

The sand can store solar energy up to 1000?C, making it a more efficient material as it can absorb energy at such high temperatures. (Image source: Abdulaziz AlHabib/sxc.hu)

Researchers working at Masdar Institute have discovered that the UAE?s desert sand can be used in concentrated solar power facilities to store solar energy, making it a viable and cost effective alternative to the current materials being used

(From left) Mirko Duesel, CEO of Transmission Solutions, energy management, Siemens AG and Gamal Abdel Reheem, chairman of EETC. (Image source: Siemens)

A consortium comprising Siemens and El Sewedy Electric T&D has signed a contract with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for the construction of six state-of-the-art substations in the North African country

Jordan imports around 96 per cent of its energy needs at a cost equivalent to 20 per cent of the country?s GDP. (Image source: Luis Relampago/sxc.hu)

Jordan?s National Electric Power Company will sign a US$400mn contract with Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power for construction of a 480MW plant, secretary general of Jordan?s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said

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