In early 2014, Zach covered an exciting desalination project that Masdar kicked off which specifically focused on improving the energy efficiency of the desalination process while also supporting it with renewable energy. Pulling the background from our previous article forward, CEO of Masdar Dr. Ahmad Belhoul shared some specifics: “Today, the Gulf region accounts for over 50% … [continued]
A new report describes how the UAE renewable energy sector could skyrocket, taking the country off the table as a major customer for US natural gas.
Unfortunately, many people still think that Masdar* = Masdar City. In fact, Masdar has 4 big arms, just one of which is Masdar City. One of the others is Masdar Institute. The cleantech and sustainability research institute includes many top researchers and professors, including several who formerly worked for MIT. … [continued]
GE has become the latest in a number of high-profile companies to join the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), according to recent news from the World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The consortium now consists of Masdar Institute, GE, Etihad Airways, Boeing, Honeywell UOP, and Safran. The … [continued]
One of the big Masdar sessions at the World Future Energy Summit, part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, was a session focused on the halophyte biofuel research CleanTechnica featured in two exclusives pieces last year. As Dr Alejandro Rios of Masdar Institute called it again today in the press conference, this biofuel development is “truly … [continued]
The CEO of Masdar, Dr Ahmad Belhoul, recently gave the keynote speech at the opening of the 8th World Future Energy Summit — part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week — during which he made the notable comment that renewable energy was key to the meeting of growing energy demand … [continued]
When I was at Abu Dhabi Ascent earlier this year, I got to speak with Dr. Steve Griffiths, Executive Director of Institute Initiatives at Masdar Institute, about a wide variety of solar power topics. The initial questions I had were regarding Masdar Institute’s solar PV research, but we ended up … [continued]
Sustainnovate. Since the middle of 18th century, mankind has been using fossil fuel energy as a bank account, from which we collectively withdraw every year using a peculiar sort of ATM. It is peculiar because we need to deposit a small amount in order to get the amount we want … [continued]
With great appreciation to the Masdar PR crew and to Dr Alejandro Ríos Galván, Director of the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), I was recently granted the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Alejandro on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Ascent* about halophyte biofuel and the performance failure of tar sands … [continued]
First of all, let me say that water desalination is not my expertise. But based on my limited knowledge of the industry and what I learned this week at Abu Dhabi Ascent, the news below is quite big. As stated at the press conference announcing the four winning companies chosen … [continued]
