Over 10,000 entries from 177 countries mark the highest participation in the Prize’s history. Submissions increased 32% year-on-year, reflecting sustained local led momentum for scalable global impact. Through 139 winners, the Prize has positively impacted more than 411 million lives worldwide. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Zayed Sustainability … [continued]
Yesterday, Masdar reached financial close on what it calls the “world’s first gigascale Round-the-Clock (RTC) renewable energy project.” As indicated in the title, this project involves a 5.2 gigawatt (GW) solar power installation and a 19 gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery storage installation. The project will provide 1 GW of continuous clean … [continued]
The U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran took a dangerous turn on March 18, 2026, with tit-for-tat strikes on critical energy infrastructure that amount to the most serious regional escalation since the conflict began. First, an Israeli drone strike targeted facilities at Iran’s Asaluyeh complex, damaging four plants that treat gas from the offshore South … [continued]
Commercial robotaxi service continues to expand in city after city. In Abu Dhabi, Uber and WeRide just expanded driverless commercial robotaxi service into downtown. WeRide and Uber launched robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi a little more than a year ago. With this expansion into downtown, the partners now serve about … [continued]
A handful more partnerships between robotaxi companies and ride-hailing apps have popped out in recent days and weeks. Baidu x Lyft & Uber in London First of all, we’ve got Baidu partnering with Uber and Lyft in London. Uber and Lyft testing of the Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi system is … [continued]
Abu Dhabi, UAE-based Masdar has been proving just how capable renewables are and fighting climate change with real world solutions for the better part of the last two decades. Masdar invited CleanTechnica out to Abu Dhabi for the official groundbreaking for their new round-the-clock solar and battery energy production system. … [continued]
ChatGPT generated image of Masdar City’s streetscape where district cooling and architectural design reduce heat stress in one of the hottest regions on Earth
Cooling in the Persian Gulf is one of the hardest energy challenges anywhere on the planet. Air conditioning is not a luxury in the United Arab Emirates but a necessity, and it consumes as much as 70% of the country’s electricity. That reality has made Masdar City, the experimental urban … [continued]
Having gone to Abu Dhabi several times for cleantech conferences, I could see that UAE leaders were very keen on futuristic tech and very keen on superlatives — the biggest, the first, the tallest, the fastest, etc. So, I knew it would be quick to deploy robotaxis. Today, the capital … [continued]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Autel Energy, a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging products and services, is thrilled to announce its participation in the Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit (EVIS) 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from May 20 to 22, 2024. Autel Energy will be prominently featured at Booth … [continued]
Plans are already in the works to expand a new floating solar power plant in Indonesia, setting the stage for similar projects around the world.
