Hala Mounib

Jordanian renewable energy innovator transforming Middle Eastern solar tech

Dr. Hala Mounib's 2020 startup Sunrise Innovations has pioneered affordable solar storage solutions using graphene-based batteries. Her team's 2023 breakthrough achieved 95% energy efficiency at 1/3 the cost of traditional lithium-ion systems. This technology powers over 500,000 homes in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia through the Desert Light Project, launched in collaboration with the EU's Horizon 2020 program.

Mounib's 2024 book The Sun's New Language (published by Penguin Random House) details her vision for desert nations. Featured in Nature Energy, her research at King Abdullah University developed self-cooling solar panels that increase output by 30%. She co-founded the Arab Renewable Energy Network, training 2,000 engineers across the Middle East. The International Energy Agency cited her work as critical to achieving regional carbon neutrality targets.