I’m headed to Abu Dhabi yet again right now*, this time for Abu Dhabi Ascent, a major UN event that is supposed to feature former US Vice President and elected-by-popular-vote (but not officially elected) President Al Gore, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Jeffrey Sachs, and … [continued]
Continuing my return to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week*, here’s another video I’ve been stingily holding on to. Basically, folks from Masdar Institute, IRENA, and other organizations are working on some solar resource mapping for countries in the Middle East (initially, for the UAE; now, for Saudi Arabia). Some initial solar resource mapping … [continued]
It’s taken me awhile to get back to a bunch of videos I filmed during the second annual Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week*, but this post is going to kick off a second wave of footage from that awesome week. This first article + video is about algae research that is going … [continued]
Masdar Institute of Technology — the Emirate of Abu Dhabi’s alternative energy and sustainability research-oriented university — recently unveiled plans for the creation of a center for researching sustainable energy enabling technologies. The facility will be focused on graduate-level research, specifically with regards to the production, storage and efficient use … [continued]
If you read my “Boeing Biofuel Breakthrough” article carefully, you must have noticed the bit about tar sands oil and shale oil not burning as well in airplanes. Darrin Morgan, director of sustainable aviation fuels at Boeing, noted that one nice surprise for them has been finding that biofuels, on the … [continued]
The United-Arab-Emirates-based aviation heavyweight Etihad Airways will soon be offering regular 100%-biofuel-powered commercial flights throughout the region, according to recent comments made by chief operations officer Richard Hill. This strong push towards greater biofuel-use by the airline is being supported by the creation of the new BIOjet Abu Dhabi project … [continued]
On the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week*, European energy journalist Karel Beckman, university biologist Joanne Manaster, and I got to have a conversation with a member of Boeing leadership who has been working on what seems to be a genuine breakthrough in the biofuel arena, and in the energy … [continued]
As global energy leaders arrive in New York City to attend this week’s Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit, I had the lucky opportunity to catch up with Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, director of sustainability at Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company. Dr. Al-Hosany shared some updates on the progress at Masdar, … [continued]
I recently had the chance to visit Masdar City as part of a VIP Media trip to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Naturally, if someone pays for me to visit their home, I’m cautious of propaganda, smooth-talking, and candy of all sorts. But even with my cautious and skeptical face on, I … [continued]
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with The Masdar Institute (MI) and the Research Institute for Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) from South Korea plans to develop 100 % renewable energy micro-grid system in Abu Dhabi. Initial conceptual design for the system was given by Masdar Institute in … [continued]
