Firm behind Abu Dhabi's floating solar panels eyes new markets and oil and gas expansion

Dubai-based energy company Enerwhere is targeting expansion into Oman, Saudi Arabia and Iraq as it evaluates the potential for solar energy backing upstream activities in the region. "Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq are the near-term countries right now — for the next two or three years," chief executive Daniel Zywietz told The National in an interview in Dubai. "Those are very large markets [and] are individually larger than the UAE market that we've been working on for seven years. Also, expansion is not just geographies, it's also the number of segments that we serve," he added. Enerwhere specialises in portable, easy-to-install solar hybrid...