Middle East

GrowthGate buys stake in Averda

October 14, 2008 - News brief - The Dubai buyout firm is getting 33.33 percent of the Lebanon waste management company. Full Story »

Energy Recovery scores another desal contract

August 5, 2008 - News brief - The California company will supply its technology for the Hamriyah plant in the United Arab Emirates. Full Story »

Veolia, Abu Dhabi in wastewater deal

July 31, 2008 - News brief - Veolia Water will operate two wastewater treatment plants for 22 and a half years under the contract. Full Story »

GE teams up with Abu Dhabi on cleantech

July 23, 2008 - Exclusive - As part of a larger joint venture, GE will put up to $50 million into Masdar's second Clean-Tech Fund and establish a clean energy technology center in Masdar City. Full Story »

Inventure Chemical, Seambiotic in algae biofuel venture

June 18, 2008 - News brief - They plan to build a pilot plant in Israel, using algae created from CO2 emissions as feedstock. Full Story »

Masdar getting into thin film solar business

May 28, 2008 - Exclusive - If you can't buy it, build it, the reasoning seems to go at the large Abu Dhabi investment and development company. Full Story »

Tactical biorefineries go to Iraq

April 29, 2008 - Exclusive - The U.S. Army is testing the mettle of small-scale waste to energy machines in the hot and sandy war zone. Full Story »

Nanotech gets cleantech boost from IBM, Saudi Arabia

February 29, 2008 - Exclusive - A new joint effort will look into developing nanotechnologies for desalination, solar power and recyclable materials. Full Story »

Abu Dhabi, the next cleantech hub?

January 23, 2008 - Exclusive - Oil profits are to fuel a $15 billion commitment to renewable energy, the first zero-carbon city and a global research network. Full Story »
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