Four clean-energy projects win Prince Talal awards in Yerevan
Armenia’s Prime Minister’s Office says the October 28 ceremony honoured projects addressing water supply, food security, waste-derived fuel and farm irrigation through four categories with a combined $1 million prize fund.
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Four clean-energy and human-development projects were honoured at the Prince Talal International Prize ceremony in Yerevan on October 28. The awards carried a combined $1 million fund across four categories, Armenia’s Prime Minister’s Office said.
The 27th ceremony recognised the 2025 prize cycle, whose theme was “Affordable and Clean Energy,” the seventh United Nations Sustainable Development Goal. The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) organised the event.
What the four projects address
The Prime Minister’s Office identified four areas covered by the honoured projects:
- Climate-resilient water supply systems, designed to cope with climate pressures.
- Food security and sustainable livelihoods.
- Technology for producing biofuel from waste.
- Solar-powered irrigation services for small-scale farms.
The Prime Minister’s Office did not name the recipients, their organisations or countries, identify which category each project won, or state individual prize amounts or whether the money had been disbursed.
The ceremony and the next cycle
Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud, chairman of AGFUND’s board and Prize Committee, presented the awards. Queen Sofía of Spain, a committee member, attended, as did Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who delivered a speech.
An advance notice published by Life in Armenia said Yerevan was chosen to coincide with COP17, the seventeenth meeting of countries party to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It linked the clean-energy theme with environmental protection and sustainable development.
The notice describes sharing recognised projects’ solutions and experience as a way to encourage their adoption elsewhere. It identifies “Good Health and Well-being,” Sustainable Development Goal 3, as the theme for the next prize cycle, for 2026.
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