Company Insights Masdar Renewable Energy Masdar News Analysis Construction Ambitious plans accelerate Gulf construction costs Construction costs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are in danger of accelerating over the next few years as both countries pour billions into infrastructure, energy and housing projects, observers have warned. Rises in the prices of steel, cement, glass, aluminium and components for air conditioning systems are driving the growth of building materials costs, […] February 18, 2025 Opinion Food & Drink In sober spring, what better than ‘Wisewell on the rocks’ When you forsake the demon drink, perhaps purified, plastic-free water is the ideal replacement February 14, 2025 Oil & Gas Iraq-Turkmenistan gas deal unlikely to happen A gas supply agreement signed by Iraq and Turkmenistan in 2023 may never begin because of challenges with transiting the gas through neighbouring Iran, Iraqi analysts say. The deal was for nearly 20 million cubic metres of natural gas per day to supply Iraq’s power facilities, but Iraq and Turkmenistan do not share a border. […] February 13, 2025 Opinion Trade Uganda and UAE ramp up economic deals Kampala wants to double the size of the economy in the next five years February 12, 2025 Renewable Energy Al Maktoum Solar Park expands for Dubai’s 2050 energy goals Dubai is working on the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – the largest single-site solar park in the world – as it works toward its 2050 energy diversity target. The emirate launched the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy in November 2015, with the aim of producing 75 percent of its […] February 6, 2025 Renewable Energy Abu Dhabi’s NMDC Energy to invest in wind power Abu Dhabi’s NMDC Energy, an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for energy projects, is hoping to expand its renewable energy business in South East Asia and Europe. Ahmed Al Dhaheri, NMDC Energy’s CEO, told AGBI that wind will account for as much as 20 percent of the company’s revenues in the next few years, with […] February 5, 2025 Analysis Renewable Energy Trump’s climate agenda ‘may push UAE investors away from US’ Masdar and the UAE’s other renewable energy companies may need to rethink their US investments now that President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on new offshore wind projects, industry watchers have warned. “We’re not going to do the wind thing. Big, ugly windmills. They ruin your neighbourhood,” Trump said on his return to the […] February 2, 2025 Energy Neighbours to supply Iraq with 3GW of electricity this summer Iraq intends to buy 3,250 megawatts (MW) of electricity from neighbouring countries this summer, to fill a supply gap caused by a surge in domestic demand during the hot season. Electricity ministry spokesman Ahmed Mousa said at the weekend that supplies would come from Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the common Gulf Cooperation Council […] January 27, 2025 Energy Masdar gets contractors on board for $6bn energy project Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has selected the suppliers and preferred contractors for the $6 billion renewable facility capable of providing energy at scale around the clock in the emirate. Bombay stock exchange-listed Larsen & Toubro and China state-owned PowerChina are the preferred engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors. China-headquartered Jinko Solar and JA […] January 19, 2025 Renewable Energy Masdar views Middle East as biggest growth market UAE’s renewable energy company Masdar considers the Middle East its biggest market, even though its target is to grow globally, a senior executive has said. “The Middle East is the biggest market for us, we are a company from here, and this market is growing significantly,” Abdulaziz Alobaidli, chief executive officer of Masdar, told AGBI […] January 15, 2025 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 … 26 Next
Analysis Construction Ambitious plans accelerate Gulf construction costs Construction costs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are in danger of accelerating over the next few years as both countries pour billions into infrastructure, energy and housing projects, observers have warned. Rises in the prices of steel, cement, glass, aluminium and components for air conditioning systems are driving the growth of building materials costs, […] February 18, 2025
Opinion Food & Drink In sober spring, what better than ‘Wisewell on the rocks’ When you forsake the demon drink, perhaps purified, plastic-free water is the ideal replacement February 14, 2025
Oil & Gas Iraq-Turkmenistan gas deal unlikely to happen A gas supply agreement signed by Iraq and Turkmenistan in 2023 may never begin because of challenges with transiting the gas through neighbouring Iran, Iraqi analysts say. The deal was for nearly 20 million cubic metres of natural gas per day to supply Iraq’s power facilities, but Iraq and Turkmenistan do not share a border. […] February 13, 2025
Opinion Trade Uganda and UAE ramp up economic deals Kampala wants to double the size of the economy in the next five years February 12, 2025
Renewable Energy Al Maktoum Solar Park expands for Dubai’s 2050 energy goals Dubai is working on the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – the largest single-site solar park in the world – as it works toward its 2050 energy diversity target. The emirate launched the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy in November 2015, with the aim of producing 75 percent of its […] February 6, 2025
Renewable Energy Abu Dhabi’s NMDC Energy to invest in wind power Abu Dhabi’s NMDC Energy, an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for energy projects, is hoping to expand its renewable energy business in South East Asia and Europe. Ahmed Al Dhaheri, NMDC Energy’s CEO, told AGBI that wind will account for as much as 20 percent of the company’s revenues in the next few years, with […] February 5, 2025
Analysis Renewable Energy Trump’s climate agenda ‘may push UAE investors away from US’ Masdar and the UAE’s other renewable energy companies may need to rethink their US investments now that President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on new offshore wind projects, industry watchers have warned. “We’re not going to do the wind thing. Big, ugly windmills. They ruin your neighbourhood,” Trump said on his return to the […] February 2, 2025
Energy Neighbours to supply Iraq with 3GW of electricity this summer Iraq intends to buy 3,250 megawatts (MW) of electricity from neighbouring countries this summer, to fill a supply gap caused by a surge in domestic demand during the hot season. Electricity ministry spokesman Ahmed Mousa said at the weekend that supplies would come from Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the common Gulf Cooperation Council […] January 27, 2025
Energy Masdar gets contractors on board for $6bn energy project Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has selected the suppliers and preferred contractors for the $6 billion renewable facility capable of providing energy at scale around the clock in the emirate. Bombay stock exchange-listed Larsen & Toubro and China state-owned PowerChina are the preferred engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors. China-headquartered Jinko Solar and JA […] January 19, 2025
Renewable Energy Masdar views Middle East as biggest growth market UAE’s renewable energy company Masdar considers the Middle East its biggest market, even though its target is to grow globally, a senior executive has said. “The Middle East is the biggest market for us, we are a company from here, and this market is growing significantly,” Abdulaziz Alobaidli, chief executive officer of Masdar, told AGBI […] January 15, 2025
