If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser Wednesday April 7 2021 Business People Projects Power List Events Suppliers Gallery Empower links district cooling service to Ithra Dubai's ‘One Za’abeel’ Find out more Most Popular 1 China's CMEC to begin build on 3,000-unit East Sitra Town project 2 Noor Energy 1 solar tower in Phase 4 of MBR Solar Park is 87% complete 3 Al Atheer to launch Saudi’s Obhur Park Project in Jeddah 4 SirajPower inks solar power partnership agreement with Al Shirawi Group 5 HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, John Kerry discuss renewable energy projects Editor's Letter: Technology must not supplant "common sense" “The best contrivance to ensure that a project is a success is to have a clear line of communication – which is common sense – and yet, remains the greatest hurdle” UAQ's 250,000m2 water desalination plant crosses 70% completion in Q1 2021 Phase 1 of the project is set to be completed on schedule and the plant is expected to start processing 50 million gallons of water per day by Q4 2021 Khatib & Alami completes land port design for Iraqi-Kuwaiti border The Safwan Land Port is among several high profile infrastructure projects being undertaken by K&A on behalf of Basra Governorate ACWA Power inks final project agreements on 200MW Kom Ombo PV plant in Egypt Construction of the plant will begin in Q3 2021; upon completion, the Kom Ombo PV plant will cater to 130,000 households, offset 336k tonnes of CO2/year MEP Middle East's April 2021 edition makes the Case for Collaboration Leading MEP stakeholders on the One Za’abeel project gather around a table to shed light on how the iconic project has “set an example” for better collaboration SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins expands its design, engineering services in KSA Atkins has also made senior appointments to strengthen its focus on mixed-use developments while enhancing its leisure and entertainment industry offerings Editorial Anup Oommen Editor, MEP Middle East Direct: +971 4 444 3448 Email: anup.oommen@itp.com Advertise Anup Nagpurkar Group Sales Manager, MEP Middle East Telephone: +971 4 444 3573 Direct: +971 52 895 0931 Email: anup.nagpurkar@itp.com Published by ITP Digital Media Inc. All Rights Reserved © 2021.