Browsing: Middle east

International aviation emissions have crossed a regulatory threshold that many airlines had postponed planning for since 2020. Newly released data from the International Civil Aviation Organisation confirms that emissions from international flights in 2024 have exceeded 85 percent of 2019 levels, triggering offsetting obligations under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.

Northern Graphite Corporation and Saudi diversified industrial group Obeikan Investment Group have signed a term sheet to jointly develop a large scale battery anode material facility through a dedicated joint venture.

CATL’s opening of the NING SERVICE Experience Center in Riyadh on January 10, 2026 marks a strategic pivot from equipment supply toward operational infrastructure, a segment increasingly determining whether electrification targets under Vision 2030 translate into sustained deployment.

The United Arab Emirates has moved beyond pilot programs in the circular economy, embedding it into a broader economic restructuring agenda that now includes 22 approved and implemented policies spanning waste, materials, infrastructure, transport, and industrial design.

Saudi Arabia has completed the grid connection of its largest battery energy storage system (BESS) to date, totaling 7.8 gigawatt-hours across three southwestern sites in Najran, Khamis Mushait, and Madaya.

Hydrogen Oman has confirmed BP’s withdrawal from the Duqm Green Hydrogen Project, marking the second project cancellation from the nation’s…

UAE-based investment firm Bin Zayed International (BZI) has assumed the lead investor role in a 200MW green hydrogen project in Terengganu, Malaysia, partnering with local developer Nova Re Suria (NRES).

A $142 million financing package from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to catalyze Uzbekistan’s largest renewable energy and storage development to date — a 1 GW solar photovoltaic (PV) complex paired with 1,336 MWh of battery energy storage.

Oman’s state-owned green hydrogen company, Hydrom, has signed an agreement with Ankaa Space & Technologies LLC to oversee wind data collection, a step that signals the country’s growing focus on renewable energy as part of its broader energy transition strategy.

Saudi Arabia’s energy diversification strategy gained another regional dimension this week as the Saudi Arabian Refineries Company (SARCO) signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UAE-based GO Energy Company to jointly assess the development of a green hydrogen and ammonia project in the Kingdom.