Global Electricity Review 2025
<p>In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking
Saudi Arabia
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National Water Plans $1.1 Billion of Saudi Infrastructure
Saudi Arabia’s largest water supplier is planning 4 billion riyals ($1.1 billion) of infrastructure projects in the desert kingdom for early next year. That’s on top of 319 contracts awarded this year
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India refrains from opposing UN discussion on Hydrofluorocarbons
In a significant move, India today did not oppose participation in a discussion on the issue of harmful greenhouse gas hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the UN Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances.
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Phase out fossil fuels in power by 2100: IPCC
The world will have to completely phase out fossil fuels in electricity generation by the end of this century and reduce their use to 20% by 2050 if disastrous consequences of climate change are to be
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Saudis to Build Biggest Water Storage Project in Riyadh
National Water Co., the biggest water supplier in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, plans to build a 1.8 billion-riyal ($480 million) storage facility in its desert capital Riyadh. The 4.6 million-cubic-meter
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Comparative study on the effect of energy drinks on haematopoietic system in Wistar albino rats
Energy drinks have become popularized and the market value for these drinks is continually growing. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of three popular kinds of energy drinks (Power
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Middle East Virus Found in Air of Camel Barn
Researchers in Saudi Arabia said Tuesday they have found genetic traces of the dangerous Middle East respiratory virus, MERS-CoV, in the air of a barn that housed a sick camel. The study in mBio, the
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Data Deleted From UN Climate Report Highlight Controversies
When the United Nations' last major climate change report was released in April, it omitted some country-specific emissions data for political reasons, a trio of new papers argue, sounding a warning bell
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Exploited dreams - Dispatches from Indian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has attracted more low-paid Indian migrants over the last 25 years than any other country in the Gulf region. Every day, close to 1,000 Indian low-wage migrant workers are provided with emigration
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Flawed Saudi Response Fueled Outbreak of MERS, Middle East Virus
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — As the virus tore through the city’s largest hospital, jumping from bed to bed and afflicting scores of people, terror filled the wards. Some doctors and nurses refused to treat
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Evidence for camel-to-human transmission of MERS Coronavirus
<p>We describe the isolation and sequencing of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) obtained from a dromedary camel and from a patient who died of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV infection