Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, better known as Masdar, on Friday unveiled a contract to buy a 49% stake in the 3-GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm in the UK, along with other deals for renewable energy initiatives in the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan and Indonesia. The UAE state-owned …
Read More »Masdar and PLN Inaugurate 192MWp Largest Floating PV Site in Southeast Asia
The Indonesian state utility PLN and UAE state-run renewables developer Masdar have inaugurated the 145MWac (192MWp) Cirata floating solar PV (FPV) plant in the West Java province of Indonesia. Opened by the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Masdar and PLN said that the plant is the ‘largest’ FPV site in …
Read More »UAE Launches 103MW of Wind Power Projects
UAE-based energy company Masdar has launched four wind farms with a total capacity of 103.5MW, as part of the UAE wind programme. The project sites are Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi with 45MW of wind capacity and a 14MW solar farm, two 27MW wind farms on Delma Island …
Read More »37 French Industrialists to Bring Energy Solutions at Adipec
37 French companies from oil and gas, petrochemical and renewables sector will be gathered in Abu Dhabi from 31 October to 3 November for Adipec, the region’s leading event in the energy sector. This year edition will focus on securing affordable and clean energy systems one year away from the …
Read More »Masdar and RWE Sign Agreement to Target Key Global Offshore Wind Markets
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar – and Germany’s RWE Renewables, two of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, announced today they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration on developing offshore wind projects in a range of key markets. Under the terms of the MoU, …
Read More »Masdar to Develop Key Renewable Energy Projects in Kyrgyzstan
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, has signed a MoU with the Kyrgyz Republic’s Ministry of Energy to explore the development of renewable energy opportunities in the Central Asian nation and support its clean-energy objectives. As per the agreement, Masdar will explore the development of …
Read More »Is Hydrogen a Better Bridge Fuel than Natural Gas?
With the latest events unfolding in Ukraine, the topic of natural gas dependence and its implications has once again taken center stage. Natural gas is the least polluting fossil fuel, which has made it a preferred “bridge” to net zero. The dependence element, however, has cast a shadow over the …
Read More »Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Gets Cracking with Its First Wind Farms in Poland
Abu Dhabi’s renewables energy company Masdar has commissioned its first wind farms in Poland. These ‘farms’ are jointly owned with Taaleri SolarWind II Fund. In January, Masdar and Taaleri SolarWind II Fund each acquired a 50 per cent stake in the projects, marking their first investment in the Polish renewable …
Read More »UAE’s Masdar, Engie to Invest $5 bil in Renewables, Hydrogen
The UAE’s clean energy firm Masdar and France’s Engie plan to invest $5 billion to develop 2 GW of renewable and hydrogen projects by 2030 as OPEC’s third biggest producer seeks to implement its net zero emissions pledge by 2050. The agreement between Masdar and Engie was signed during French …
Read More »Masdar Contributes to Launch of Saudi Arabia’s First Wind Farm
Dumat Al Jandal, the Middle East’s largest wind farm and the first in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is now connected to the grid and has produced its first carbon-free megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy. The 400-megawatt (MW) utility-scale wind power project is being developed by a consortium led by EDF …
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