Sensors and Systems
Breaking News
Clark launches world’s first, industry-approved professional geospatial leadership doctorate
Rating12345Clark University, through its School of Climate, Environment, and Society and School...
​​​GEO Business 2026 breaks attendance records with 6,200+ professionals
Rating12345Over 6,200 professionals headed to GEO Business 2026, cementing its position...
Trimble Opens Entries for the 2026 Construction Innovation Awards
Rating12345Award program recognizes organizations leveraging technology to drive innovation,...

August 18th, 2010
UAE Solar Plans Lit Up by $5bn Fund

  • Rating12345

NATIONAL UAE – Countries in the MENA region with little or no oil and gas deposits are endowed with abundant sunlight and sparsely occupied land – resources that could make the region a renewable energy powerhouse. The World Bank is providing Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria with a total of US$5.5 billion (Dh20.2bn) in funding for solar projects to be completed by 2015. Read More