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A floating solar plant in Brazil – 10,500 panels sit on the surface of the Billings reservoir in Sao Paulo. Masdar is on the hunt for solar and wind projects

Masdar ‘on the lookout’ for deals in China, says CFO

Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s state-owned clean energy company, is looking to acquire assets in China as part of its strategy to expand its portfolio of renewable energy projects. Mazin Khan, its chief financial officer, told AGBI that “macroeconomic conditions, with high interest rates and renewable players looking for capital” were opening the door for mergers and […]

Masdar aims to complete the new solar power projects and connect them to Egypt's national grid by the end of 2025

Masdar to invest $900m in solar projects in Egypt

The UAE’s renewables energy major Masdar has received approval from the Egyptian government to invest more than $900 million to build solar power plants. These projects will have a combined capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and will be located primarily in Upper Egypt, including the Aswan governorate, Egypt Today newspaper reported, citing a cabinet statement. […]

Egypt has slashed custom duties on components and spare parts for renewable energy systems from 5% to 2%

Egypt advances 7,150MW of renewable energy projects

Egypt is actively developing 7,150 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy projects, a government official has said. These projects are divided into 3,450MW of wind energy and 3,700MW of solar power. The wind energy projects include collaborations on the Red Sea involving the Orascom-Engie-Toyota consortium, Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power and UAE’s Masdar, Egypt Today newspaper reported, […]

Sultan Al Jaber, chairman of Masdar, Egypt's prime minister Moustafa Madbouly and electricity and energy minister Mahmoud Mustafa Kamal Esmat at the project signing ceremony

Masdar joint venture to build wind farm in Egypt

Infinity Power, a joint venture between Egypt’s Infinity and the UAE’s Masdar, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for their 200-megawatt (MW) wind farm. The onshore wind project, located in Ras Ghareb, Gulf of Suez region, is estimated to produce 810,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually. Consequentially, it will […]

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Masdar and TotalEnergies team up to produce SAF

Masdar, the UAE’s state-backed clean energy company, has partnered with the French energy major TotalEnergies to develop the commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using methanol produced from green hydrogen in Abu Dhabi. The two companies agreed to assess the project’s viability after a “successful test flight” during Cop28 last December, which demonstrated the […]

Flavio Cattaneo of Enel, of which Endesa is a subsidiary, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi at the signing of the deal

Masdar buys stake in Spanish utilities company Endesa

The UAE’s state-owned clean energy company Masdar has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Spanish electric utility business Endesa to partner for 2.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy assets in Spain. Under the agreement, subject to regulatory approval, Masdar will invest nearly $890 million to acquire a 49.99 percent stake in Endesa, with an […]

A visitor marks the occasion of the inauguration of Masdar's wind farm on Sir Bani Yas Island, in Abu Dhabi

Masdar taps green debt market to finance expansion

Masdar, the UAE’s state-backed clean energy company, has raised $1 billion through its second green bond issuance, made up of dual tranches of $500 million each. The bonds are part of a larger programme to raise up to $3 billion to fund its renewables projects. The bonds, of five and 10 years, met strong appetite […]

Part of the $3 billion deal is to redevelop Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

Eagle Hills gets claws into Indonesia

Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi developer, looks set to add Indonesia to its burgeoning worldwide portfolio. A tentative agreement was signed on Wednesday with the Indonesian government to develop $3 billion worth of tourism assets in the Southeast Asian archipelago. The deal has a validity of one year only, with the possibility of renewal, and […]