The MEED Kuwait Energy & Water Efficiency conference in Kuwait was told this morning that the Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW) should consider introducing a solar power purchase scheme to encourage homeowners to install renewable systems and reduce their…
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MEED conference told Kuwait is acting to slash energy and water consumption
Kuwait plans to introduce new measures to slash unsustainable increases in electricity and power demand and reduce subsidies to electricity consumers, the Kuwait Energy & Water Efficiency Conference was told this morning. Assistant undersecretary for planning and training at the…
Kuwait discusses gas imports from Iran: KUNA
Kuwait’s Minister of Oil and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Ali al-Omair today discussed cooperation in the oil sector and prospects of importing gas from Iran with Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh in a meeting Tehran. The meeting…
NBK tower on track for gold LEED rating, MEED conference told
The 300-metre-high National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) tower in the Sharq district of Kuwait city is on track to secure gold rating under the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating methodology,…
Kuwait real estate sales in April up 60 per cent year-on-year: NBK
Real estate sales in Kuwait in April were worth KD 447m, 60 per cent higher than the figure recorded in the same month of 2013, according to a report issued today by the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). “Real estate…
Work to start this year on Arabtec’s Egypt housing project: The National
Construction of the first phase of Arabtec of the UAE’s AED 146bn ($40bn) joint venture housing programme in Egypt is due to start at Al-Obour City north-east of Cairo in the third quarter of 2014, the Abu Dhabi daily The National reported…
Abu Dhabi on target for 3.2m hotel guests in 2014: TCA Abu Dhabi
The number of people staying at Abu Dhabi hotels rose to more than 1m in the first four months of the year and the emirate is on target to hit its 2014 target of 3.2m hotel guests, the Abu Dhabi…
Qatar statement on Sunday Times World Cup allegations
The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SCDL) has denied any wrongdoings after the latest allegations made by The Sunday Times with regard to Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup finals. “The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee always upheld the…
More than 28,000 hotel rooms to open in UAE by 2016: JLL
The number of hotel rooms in the UAE will rise by 30 per cent by the end of 2016 according to figures in a new report about the hospitality sector of the emirates published today by JLL. JLL said that…
UAE wants aid for Egypt following El-Sisi election
UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan yesterday called for Egypt to receive international support following the victory of Abdel Fattah El -Sisi in last week’s Egyptian presidential elections. “We want to have partners from around the world…