Thermal Solar Energy Plant in Kuwait
In September, Kuwait’s Institute for Scientific Research signed a $52-million contract with a Spanish company, TSK Group,
to design, establish, and operate the country’s first station for electric energy production using thermal solar energy, with a capacity of 50 megawatts.
The institute’s new contract shows the potential that Kuwait and other nearby countries have in applied research, scientists say, a potential some would like to see expanded with more public and private investment in science.
The Institute’s director, Nagi Al-Mottery, told Al-Fanar Media that Al Shagaya station will be a “cornerstone” of a new regional approach to energy that will prioritize solar energy.
Kuwait News
- Events in Kuwait
- Hike in expats healthcare fees eyed KD 5 – KD 10 from KD 1 or KD 2
- 3-year maximum validity for work permits – Can be renewed six months before date of expiry
- Social Media game “Blue Whale”, reason of more than 130 suicides across the world
- Transfer of visa for graduates and Transfer of Farm Visa
- Spike in eve-teasing could lead to kidnap, rape, parents says in Kuwait
- 17 new electronic services launched
- Transfer from Government project visa to Private sector visa
- Expat acquitted of raping child
- 80 arrested in Ahmadi
- Agencies are working to changes the salary scale
- 68 arrested – 2 expats to be deported
- MOH has suspended the local recruitment of expatriate nurses
- 32,000 visas in two months
- Amended Labor Law in private sector takes effect
- Dying for love due to refusal from GF’s Father
- Headache and epilepsy issues in Salmiya due to Telecom tower
- Renew family visit visas for all expats
- Rent reduction in Salmiya and Sulaibikhat
- Friendship on Social Media ended on rape and kept her for three days
- PACI to begin prepaid service for Civil ID cards from March 19

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