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Breaking News❗️ Toolkit Initiative Update📍 What is new❓ 1-Soon: Local capacity building plan 2- First of a kind a- MENA Energy Storage Database b- Central Asia Energy Storage Database 3- New articles 4-Fin models update Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son app.box.com/s/km7a1crgl2rt…

🎈Recommended reading 📌Analysis of the potential for green hydrogen and related commodities trade IRENA 2025 irena.org/Publications/2… Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son

Q&A: Why the GCC is such a sweet spot for energy transition projects bankability? It keeps breaking records in LCoX! Just have a look at its CRP and ERP rates compared to others globally. Source: Prof Damodaran, NYU pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/d…

📍Saudi Arabia launches the first phase of the Yanbu Green Hydrogen Hub, an integrated project designed to help meet the global demand for low-emission energy 🤝The H2 hub is a joint development by Acwa Power & EnBW Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son

#Renewables are leading the global energy economy: *falling costs *strong deployment *growing market confidence *progress is uneven *challenges in financing, grids, and supply chains risks are slowing the transition. bit.ly/4lGceLK

📊Energy Transition Assessment: Iraq IRENA 2025 🚦Report supports Iraq’s efforts to diversify its energy mix, enhance energy security & transition toward a sustainable low carbon future irena.org/-/media/Files/… Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son

📌Recommended reading 📊New study: The Large Scale Green Ammonia Value Chain. fichtner-hydrogen.com/h2-insights/re… Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son #greenammonia #energytransition #netzero

⚡🗣️ Dii Desert Energy Voices - Fadi Maalouf, Chief Technology Officer, Dii Desert Energy 💡 MENA Energy Storage: Boom or Bust? Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son #energystorage #BESS #TESS #PHES #storage dii-desertenergy.org/dii-editorial-…

📍Dubai UAE: local capacity building, upskilling, reskilling & training continues across all sectors of the #energytransition towards #netzero Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son #hydrogen

📍Dubai UAE: First-of-a-kind in GCC, DEWA announced the beginning of trial operation and electricity export from the pumped storage hydro power plant in Hatta. 🔌🔋Plant rated at 250MW/1500MWh. dewa.gov.ae/en/about-us/me… Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son

📍MENA: #Energy #storage is the cornerstone of its #energy #transition and it is moving ahead w/ significant capacity development & addition. 1️⃣First-of-a-kind #MENA energy storage market #database and analysis in one chart (v12) #BESS #TESS #PHES Dii Desert Energy Paul van Son