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Qatar’s rooftop solar opportunity

The government's target to increase renewable energy capacity to 4GW by 2030 reflects a shift in thinking that could unlock new opportunities for rooftop solar businesses

Neil Quilliam 01 November 2025

Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of residential houses in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria

India's First Fully Solar Village Lights Up The Lives of Poor Residents

Kesa Bhai Prajapati beams with a smile as he molds blocks of clay into jugs and vases on a potter's wheel. These days, Prajapati, 68, from the village of Modhera in western India's Gujarat state,…

01 November 2022

Lightsource BP's floating installation is seen at the Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, in Britain, in this undated photo released by Lightsource BP on April 3, 2019. Lightsource BP/Handout via REUTERS/Files

Britain's Lightsource BP Races To Hook Solar Farms To Batteries

Lightsource BP aims to rapidly grow battery capacity at its solar farms around the world to reach 4 gigawatts (GW) by 2025 in order to store and supply power at night and on cloudy days, the British…

25 October 2022

An employee works on the production of solar lanterns from recycled electronic waste at Quadloop recycling facility in Lagos, Nigeria October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Nigerian Company Turns E-waste into Solar Powered Lanterns

Quadloop, a Nigerian based company, has found a way to turn electronic waste into solar lanterns and other products which will have a lower impact on the environment. Dozie Igweilo, founder of…

13 October 2022

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

EU's Green Shift Depends On Mammoth Investment in Energy Grid

Investments of more than half a trillion euros will be needed to modernize Europe's energy grid this decade if countries are to succeed in ramping up wind and solar power to break free from Russian…

23 September 2022

A picture taken on October 17, 2015 shows a worker walking past solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, some 20km (12.5 miles) outside the central Moroccan town of Ouarzazate. (Getty)

Nothing but Sun and Sand

Natural resources are a funny thing in the Middle East; some states in the region suffer from a general scarcity of water while others have abundant sources of water. The presence of oil has brought…

Ali El Shamy 01 November 2019

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