Citizen Science forms to produce medical equipment for COVID-19 frontliners and patients

A group of 20 researchers, scientists and engineers have assembled to form a COVID-19 response team to work together over the coming weeks and months to produce new and more vital medical equipment for healthcare workers battling the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the frontlines, to support the UAE’s nationwide drive to mitigate, contain and […]


JAFZA sets New Benchmark with ‘Collaboration for Safe and Sustainable Growth’ Webinar

The leading business and logistics hub, Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), organised the ‘Collaboration for a Safe and Sustainable Growth’ webinar to kick-start a mega awareness campaign. Distinguished speakers participated in the webinar such as Dr. Saif Darwish, Head of Communications and Public Relations, Community Medicine Specialist, Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services and Ramzi Al […]


JinkoSolar Verifies N-type Mono Cell at Record Efficiency

Recently, JinkoSolar has achieved a record large-area N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell conversion efficiency of 24.90%, independently confirmed by the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH), Germany. JinkoSolar has invested huge resources in R&D. JinkoSolar’s experts in fields of silicon wafers, cells and photovoltaic modules focus on technological innovation breakthroughs, and are committed […]


Expo 2020 and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Tackle the World’s Biggest Challenges

Expo 2020 Dubai has joined forces with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support grassroots innovators with the ambition and potential to improve the lives of people across a variety of complex, fragile or marginalised humanitarian settings, organisers announced at the end of the fifth Expo 2020 International Participants Meeting (IPM). The link-up with […]


ACCIONA WILL BUILD ITS FOURTH DESALINATION PLANT IN SAUDI ARABIA

The Saudi publicly-owned company Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded ACCIONA and its partner RTCC the construction of the Al Khobar 2 desalination plant at Khobar, on the east coast of Saudi Arabia around 400 kilometres from Riyadh. It is a turnkey contract valued at around $500 million (€460 million). The facility will be […]


Ma’an’s Fourth Social Incubator Focuses on Environment

In response to the societal challenge of priority environmental pressures in Abu Dhabi, The Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an has announced the launch and theme of its fourth cohort of its Ma’an Social Incubator (MSI), which will focus on the environment. Applications are now open for social entrepreneurs to develop sustainable solutions to help protect […]


Tickets for Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2021 Go on Sale

Tickets are on sale from 12:00 tomorrow, Thursday 14 January for the region’s premier literary event, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (29 January-13 February). Nobel prize winner Malala, Booker nominees Avni Doshi (Burnt Sugar) and Oyinkan Braithwaite (My Sister the Serial Killer) will be among the authors taking to the stage. Programme highlights also […]


TRSDC named “Developer of the Year” at Big Projects Middle East Awards

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regeneration tourism project, has won two awards at the 2020 edition of the Big Project Middle East Awards, held on January 26 at the Ritz Carlton JBR in Dubai.   Upon completion in 2030, The Red Sea Project will comprise 50 hotels, […]


JinkoSolar Most “Bankable” PV Manufacturer

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company” or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it was ranked as a top solar brand in debt financed projects and named a most “bankable” PV manufacturer by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Forty-nine global solar module […]


JinkoSolar Wins PV Magazine Award

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company” or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE:JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has won the prestigious PV Magazine Award 2020 in the Module category for its Tiger monofacial module. PV Magazine assembles expert juries and representatives from the global solar world every […]