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Qatar Airways flies from London Gatwick to Doha using natural gas fuel

Qatar Airways Airbus A330

Qatar Airways aircraft this evening completed the world's first commercial passenger flight powered by a fuel made from natural gas.

The historic journey from London Gatwick to Doha took over six hours and was operated with an Airbus A340-600 aircraft using Rolls-Royce Trent 556 engines.

Shell developed and produced the 50-50 blend of synthetic Gas to Liquids (GTL) kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene fuel. The State of Qatar is set to become the world's leading producer of GTL...

MEI Implements Advanced Solar Heating Solutions In Industrial Sector

Millennium Energy Industries (MEI), a leading MENA region solar solutions company, announced the successful commissioning of advanced solar energy solutions for two major industrial entities.The Jordache Textile Factory, manufacturers of Levi's and GAP jeans, and the PMC Chocolate Factory, benefit up to $600,000 in cost savings at current energy prices.

MEI has been providing advanced solar heating and cooling solutions across the MENA region since 2002. MEI's solar system currently supplies the manufacturing process of Jordache with 250,000 liters of 60 degree Celsius hot water daily in...

Masdar Breaks Ground On Photovoltaic Factory In Germany

Less than three months after announcing a strategic investment into thin-film photovoltaics, Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen, Germany.

The plant will use advanced production technologies to bring PV closer towards grid parity, and enhance a local economy with a rich history of manufacturing and technology.

The $230m (EUR150m) German plant marks the first phase of Masdar's $2bn (EUR1.3bn) investment in thin-film PV manufacturing, one of the largest investments ever made in solar.

To be opened in Q3...