
With the shale gas boom dominating energy exploration in the US, the sun-soaked petro kingdoms of the Middle East are looking to solar to ease their own oil addiction and develop a new export business. Masdar subsidiary Masdar PV, for instance, made the thin-film solar panels installed in the Mauritania project at the company’s German [...]

Abu Dhabi is now home to the world’s largest solar power plant, but what is the reason for such an oil-rich region to be investing in renewable energy?