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Jordan seeks to promote the contribution of renewable energies up to 10% of the total energy cost
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5-FEB-2010
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Al-Dostoor,
Jordan |
Engineer Khaled El Irany, Minister of Energy and Mining declared that Jordan is giving special attention to renewable energies, to raising their efficiency and their contribution to the total energy mix to reach up to 7% in the year 2015 and up to 10% in 2020.
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Jordan seeks to promote the contribution of renewable energies up to 10% of the total energy cost
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4-FEB-2010
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Al-Rai,
Jordan |
Engineer Khaled El Irany, Minister of Energy and Mining declared that Jordan is giving special attention to renewable energies, to raising their efficiency and their contribution to the total energy mix to reach up to 7% in the year 2015 and up to 10% in 2020.
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Jordan takes over the presidency of the RCREEE Board of Trustees
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4-FEB-2010
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Al-Dostoor,
Jordan |
Jordan took over the presidency of the RCREEE Board of Trustees (RCREEE: the Regional Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency) during the meeting held in Amman yesterday evening. Ten Arab Mediterranean countries attended the meeting, as well as European experts. The meeting was chaired by the general secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Farouk El Hayary. The participants elaborated on the cooperation mechanisms and the exchange of expertise for promoting the sector. They furthermore discussed the activities proposed for 2010 and the RCREEE achievements of last year. El Hayary in his address after taking over the presidency said: "We in Jordan" are up to the standard of efforts necessary for enabling RCREEE to achieve its mandated tasks of serving the member countries and to successfully fulfill the work program for this year.
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Young Leading Executives from the MENA Region in Berlin
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1-JAN-2010
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Know How Magazin,
Germany |
Berlin. Responding to an invitation by the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), with headquarters in Cairo, a group of 25 young leading executives from the MENA Region (countries of the Middle East and North Africa) are currently in Berlin taking part in the training program "Young Leaders in Renewable Energies".
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The Sun can come now
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30-DEC-2009
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Reportage,
Germany |
"Yes" we like the food", says Adnan Al-Akori with his charming smile, "but not that much". Today we had chicken and chips and Sauerkraut, and when the waiter removed the plates, it was apparent that almost nobody had touched the Sauerkraut. But of course Al-Akori did not really mean that. He and his colleagues at the table have become almost regular customers in Berlin's "Pfefferberg". Since more than a week now, they come here to dine. "Their" name is written in chalk on the green board: RCREEE.
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Lebanon:
"Energy & Water Week",Projects Attracting Investments
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19-NOV-2009
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Al-Nahaar Daily Newspaper,
Lebanon |
The syndicate of engineers in Beirut has organized the "Fifth Week for Energy and Water" at the "Engineer House" (Bait El Mohandes). The inauguration ceremony was attended by Cesar Abi Khalil representing the Minister of Energy and Water, Engineer Gobran Bassil, and the president of the Syndicate of Engineers Bilal El Alaily and a number of professors and students of the faculty of engineering at the Lebanese universities.
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Lebanon:
Climate Change, Rising Oil Costs motivate Use of Alternative Energy
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19-NOV-2009
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Al-Balad Newspaper,
Lebanon |
The syndicate of engineers in Beirut has organized the "Fifth Week for Energy and Water" from 17th till 19th of November in the "Engineer House" (Beit El Mohandes). The event has been inaugurated by the representative of the Minister of Energy and Water, Gobran Basil, Engineer Cesar Abi Khalil and the head of the Lebanese Engineers Union, Bilal Alaily.
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Lebanon:
Issuing accreditation certificates for energy-saving electric machines
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19-NOV-2009
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Al-Safeer Newspaper,
Lebanon |
The syndicate of engineers has organized in Beirut the "Fifth Week for Energy and Water" from the 17th till the 19th of November at the "Engineer House" (Bait El Mohandes) - Be'r Hassan.
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Lebanon:
Syndicate of Engineers organizes "Fifth Energy, Water Week"
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19-NOV-2009
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Al-Mostaqbal Daily,
Lebanon |
The syndicate of engineers has organized in Beirut the "Fifth Week for Energy and Water" from the 17th till the 19th of November at the "Engineer House" (Bait El Mohandes) - Be'r Hassan.
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Tunisia:
20 new oil wells, 2 mil tons gas surplus, 40 solar-energy projects!
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19-NOV-2009
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Al-Sabah Daily,
Tunisia |
In spite of the financial crisis which still casts its shadow on the economies of countries all over the world -even if with discrepant acuteness or impact especially in the countries' vital sectors- yet informed sources from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs and the sectors active in the field of energy have announced that Tunisia's energy sector has kept its level of investments and activities without being that much influenced by the financial crisis.
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Lebanon:
Preservation of energy, renewable energies among the priorities
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18-NOV-2009
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Al-Lewaa Newspaper,
Lebanon |
Yesterday, the minister of energy and water, Gobran Basil, has mandated his representative, Cesar Abi Khalil, to inaugurate the Water and Electricity Week at the headquarters of the Engineers Syndicate. Cesar announced placing both topics of energy preservation and efficiency of energy and renewable energies as top priorities, since the expected results have a socio-economic impact as well as an impact on health and environment.
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Younes: Two Billion Eight Hundred Million EGP for building a wind farm in Gabal El Zeit
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6-NOV-2009
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Middle East News Agency,
Egypt |
Cairo: Dr. Hassan Younes, Minister of Electricity and Energy has launched last Friday the largest project for building a wind farm for electricity generation in Egypt, located in Gabal El Zeit, thus marking the start of the project's implementation.
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Renewable Energies as Economic Factor
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4-NOV-2009
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Africa Live Online |
Young Leading Executives from the Middle East and North Africa in Berlin Responding to an invitation by the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), with headquarters in Cairo, a group of 25 young leading executives from the MENA Region (countries of the Middle East and North Africa) are currently in Berlin taking part in the training program "Young Leaders in Renewable Energies".
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West Bank:
Signing Agreement for Building Electricity Generating Station by Use of Solar Energy in Jericho
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19-OCT-2009
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Ma'an News Agency Website,
West Bank |
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Authority for Energy and Natural Resources and JAICA, Japanese International Cooperation Agency.
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Lebanon: Developing Projects for electricity generation and upgrading the connection grids
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24-SEP-2009
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Al-Mostaqbal Daily,
Lebanon |
There is no doubt about it that Lebanon does not only need new projects in the field of energy, but the matter calls for rationalizing Lebanon's consumption and developing projects for the production of alternative and renewable energies.
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"Siemens" shares in the DESERTEC Project
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19-SEP-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
It is the aim of the "DESERTEC" Project to provide the MENA region (North Africa and the Middle East) and Europe with a continuous supply of electricity from renewable energies. The "Desertec" Initiative has set a goal to cover 15% to 20% of Europe's need of energy by the year 2050. The Project will support the technical capacities of MENA's human resources and upgrade their experiences, while furthermore creating new job opportunities.
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Knowledge Transfer in Berlin
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17-SEP-2009
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Sun & Wind Energy,
Germany |
Responding to an invitation by the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), with headquarters in Cairo, a group of 25 young leading executives from the MENA Region (countries of the Middle East and North Africa) were in Berlin taking part in the training program "Young Leaders in Renewable Energies".
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A highly official Egyptian delegation takes part in IAEA's meetings
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14-SEP-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Meetings of the annual general convention of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) start today with a highly official Egyptian delegation, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the IAEA. The Egyptian delegation is headed by Dr. Hassan Younes, Minister of Electricity and Energy. Taking part in this conference are all UN member states. High on the convention's agenda is the endorsement of the election of the new Director General of IAEA, the Japanese Yukiya Amano, the successor of Dr. Mohamed El Baradai.
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Proposals for a solar energy collection project in cooperation with Italy
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8-SEP-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Discussed yesterday were the submitted proposals for implementing the Italian-Egyptian Project for solar energy collection, which aims at transferring technology and technical know-how to Egyptian research centers. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Hani Helal, Minister of Higher Education and Minister of State for Scientific Research. Dr. Tarek Hussein, president of the Academy for Scientific Research reiterated that the project lies in the frame of the Italian-Egyptian General Science Project that aims at supporting and expanding the scope of research capacities in the field of energy for the stakeholders. The project's goal is to achieve relevant innovations and make giant leaps in the current technology projects of solar energy collections. Companies and sustainable links are to be made with the industry and in cooperation with the universities.
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Workshop on "Evaluating the Incentives Related to the Renewable Energies"
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15-AUG-2009
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Al-Nahaar Daily Newspaper,
Lebanon |
"The Lebanese Center for the Preservation of Energy" has organized a workshop on the "Evaluation of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of the Lebanese Laws and Incentives Related to Preserving Energy and Renewable Energies" in cooperation with "The Danish Agency for Development".
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Miscellaneous workshop on the "Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts and the Energy-Related Incentives"
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14-AUG-2009
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Al Weqala Al Wataneya Website,
Lebanon |
Wataneya "The Lebanese Center for the Preservation of Energy" has organized a workshop on the "Evaluation of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of the Lebanese Laws and Incentives Related to Preserving Energy and Renewable Energies" in cooperation with the "Danish Agency for Development". The workshop has been held under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Energy and Water Alan Tabouryan, who was represented by Dr. Fady Qomeir, the general manager of the Water and Electricity Resources at the Ministry.
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"Supreme Council for Energy" sets Prices and Quantities of Gas required for "Chima" in Aswan
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26-JUL-2009
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Almasry Alyoum Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
The Supreme Council for Energy discusses in today's meeting, Sunday, the most recent operations of gas connections to the "Chima" Fertilizer Factory that has been built at the Governorate of Aswan by the government through the Holding Company for Chemical Industries
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Promoting Cooperation in the Field of Renewable Energies in the Mediterranean
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22-JUL-2009
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Al-Akhbar Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Dr. Hassan Younis, Minister of Electricity and Energy, has reiterated that Egypt in its capacity as co-chair in the Union for the Mediterranean aims at intensifying the cooperation in the different active fields of the Union. Egypt furthermore promotes the cooperation in the field of renewable energies in the Mediterranean Region.
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Bilosi: 50% of the jobs at the new Agency are occupied by women
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1-JUL-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Helen Bilosi, the elected general manager of the International Renewable Energy Agency in her first press conference stated that women will occupy at least 50% of the posts and jobs at the new Agency. This is unprecedented in the history of international organizations.
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Egypt offers promising opportunities for investment in wind energy
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1-JUL-2009
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Al-Akhbar Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
The IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) founding conference has ended its proceedings yesterday in Sharm El Sheikh following a happy end and an unprecedented consensus which followed diplomatic conflicts that were never experienced before over deciding on the country to host the headquarters and over the post of general manager.
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Increased membership of "Renewable Energy" reaching 136 countries following the Sharm El Sheikh Conference
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1-JUL-2009
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Almasry Alyoum Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Elections for the post of General Manager of the International Renewable Energy Agency "IRENA" ended yesterday when the French Helen Bilos won the post after a fierce competition that went on for 4 voting rounds and stayed on until the first hours of yesterday morning. The other candidates were from Greece, Denmark and Spain. On the other hand, the number of the Agency's members rose up to 136 countries, after 7 new countries have joined, thus reaching the number of 62 countries that have joined during the Sharm El Sheikh conference.
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Peace Agency has been launched from the City of Peace
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1-JUL-2009
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Al-Akhbar Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
In her first statement to the press, Helen Bilos, the assistant to the French Foreign Minister and the first General Manager of IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency), has described the city of Sharm El Sheikh as the City of Peace and the most beautiful city in the world.
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Thanks were expressed to Egypt and to President Mubarak
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1-JUL-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
The participants of the International Renewable Energy Agency Conference have expressed their thanks to Egypt and to President Mubarak for hosting the conference and rendering it a success. At the end of their meetings they expressed their deep appreciation for the wonderful Egyptian role of highlighting the conference and organizing it to come out in the best of form, aiming at reaching new mechanisms for ensuring sustainable development for all peoples of the world.
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Inaugurating the preparatory conference for the foundation of the International Renewable Energy Agency today
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29-JUN-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Dr. Hassan Younis, Minsiter of Electricity and Energy is to inaugurate today in Sharm El Sheikh the proceedings of the preparatory founding conference of the International Renewable Energy Agency. Within the frame of the conference proceedings, the country that is to host the Agency's headquarters is to be chosen and the elections of the Agency's general manager is to run.
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Inaugurating the preparatory conference for the foundation of the International Renewable Energy Agency today
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29-JUN-2009
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Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper,
Egypt |
Dr. Hassan Younis, Minsiter of Electricity and Energy is to inaugurate today in Sharm El Sheikh the proceedings of the preparatory founding conference of the International Renewable Energy Agency. Within the frame of the conference proceedings, the country that is to host the Agency's headquarters is to be chosen and the elections of the Agency's general manager is to run.
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