Masdar’s humongous Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) — which includes the Zayed Future Energy Prize; the IRENA General Assembly; the World Future Energy Summit; the International Water Summit; EcoWaste; The Women in Sustainability, Environment & Renewable Energy (WiSER) Initiative; and “The Festival” — is just around the corner, and the mega … [continued]
A Middle-east country which is rapidly taking strides to change the way it generates energy, and one of the leading global renewable energy production companies have joined hands to promote water desalination using renewable energy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China recently signed an agreement to work together in … [continued]
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]
I was lucky this year to get a very exclusive interview with the CEO of Masdar while in Abu Dhabi for Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. I spent about 15 minutes with him trying to get to the roots of Masdar and its aims. I first asked Dr Ahmad Belhoul about the … [continued]
Saudi Arabia-based project developer ACWA Power and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Group are looking to officially seal a deal with the Egyptian government to set up large-scale renewable energy projects. Officials of ACWA Power and Masdar will soon meet representatives of the Egyptian government to officially propose setting up 1.5 GW … [continued]
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power is looking to raise debt financing to fund various wind and solar power projects in Egypt. ACWA Power’s country manager for Egypt recently announced that the company is looking to raise $150 million in debt to fund large-scale renewable energy projects. Hassan Amin stated that the … [continued]
About a month back, Masdar and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology launched the “Masdar Solar Hub” at the Intersolar North America conference. Said to be the UAE’s First Independent Solar Testing and R&D Hub, the research facility will aim to fast track the development of solar technologies in the … [continued]
Continuing my series on the Renewable Cities opening PechaKucha presentations (see mine, Bárbara Rubim’s, Mark Jacobson’s, Merran Smith’s, and these 5 others if you haven’t yet), below is a presentation from Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian, CleanTechnica readers and the Founding Directors of the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI). They discuss the pioneering … [continued]
Originally published on Kompulsa. The United Arab Emirates’ Energy Ministry has decided to terminate gasoline subsidies, as the country’s economy is being negatively affected by low oil prices. Oil prices will most likely go right back up anyway, but it is uncertain when that will happen. The average cost of … [continued]
Masdar and The Abu Dhabi Development Fund have extended financial help to another island nation struggling with limited energy resources. The island nation of Seychelles, located in the Indian Ocean, has signed an agreement with Masdar to develop renewable energy projects. As per the agreement, Masdar will set up wind energy … [continued]
