Company Insights Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) Energy Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) News Markets Masdar IPO could help accelerate Gulf’s energy transition An initial public offering by Abu Dhabi’s Masdar could mark a pivotal moment in the move towards cleaner sources of power in not only the world’s largest oil-producing region, but also in Europe, industry observers say. Masdar, more officially known as the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, is considering an IPO next year to fund […] March 28, 2025 Analysis Renewable Energy Plans to bring African energy to Europe face big challenges At least five multi-billion dollar projects to bring up to 24 gigawatts of solar and wind power energy from sunny North Africa to chilly Europe, assisted by Gulf investment money, are currently being planned. But these ambitious schemes to reduce Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels generally, and energy supplies from Russia specifically, all face major […] March 28, 2025 Renewable Energy Masdar weighs IPO on Abu Dhabi stock exchange Abu Dhabi’s state-owned renewables company Masdar is in the early stages of considering an initial public offering (IPO), three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company is considering a possible listing in Abu Dhabi to raise funding for renewable projects, said two of the sources, with one of them saying a dual […] March 26, 2025 Oil & Gas Taqa in talks to buy stake in Spanish utility Naturgy Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) is reportedly in talks with Spanish private equity group CriteriaCaixa to acquire a stake in Naturgy Energy Group. Taqa chairman Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi recently met with an unnamed Criteria executive to discuss a potential deal, Bloomberg reported. Criteria, which holds 26.7 percent of €24 billion ($26 billion) Naturgy, has […] March 25, 2025 Renewable Energy UAE’s Masdar expands renewable energy footprint Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar invested nearly AED30 billion ($8.2 billion) in equity last year and secured more than AED16.5 billion in project financing across nine countries. The company, which is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of 100 gigawatts by 2030, has developed and partnered in projects in more than 40 countries, the […] March 24, 2025 Renewable Energy Masdar in talks on $200m solar power deal in Spain Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar is nearing a deal that would see it pay around $200 million for a 49.9 percent stake in a solar portfolio controlled by Spanish power utility Endesa, according to two sources familiar with the deal and a document seen by Reuters. The deal for the roughly 450-megawatt portfolio builds […] March 19, 2025 Finance Gulf investments grow in Cyprus both onshore and off Sovereign wealth funds are eyeing up real estate while energy companies have set their sights on the sea March 14, 2025 Renewable Energy Gulf companies win slice of $32bn Morocco hydrogen projects The Moroccan government has selected companies from the UAE and Saudi Arabia to help develop hydrogen projects worth MAD319 billion ($32 billion) in the country’s southern province, the prime minister’s office has announced. A government committee finalised five local and global investors to build six projects, said a statement from the office of Aziz Akhannouch, […] March 7, 2025 Analysis Markets Blue chip dividend yields in UAE beat US and Europe Most UAE blue chip stocks provide much higher dividend yields than their counterparts in Europe and the United States, an AGBI analysis shows. The top 20 largest listed UAE businesses, excluding two non-dividend paying companies, offer an average dividend yield of 4.7 percent. This is almost 60 percent better than the average yield of 1.9 […] February 28, 2025 Finance UAE commits $40bn to support Italy’s economy The UAE has committed to invest $40 billion in core sectors of the Italian economy, as the countries advance towards a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement (Cepa), the two nations said in a joint statement. More than 40 new agreements were signed across priority areas such as defence, energy, sustainable energy, and energy transition and space […] February 25, 2025 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 … 11 Next
Markets Masdar IPO could help accelerate Gulf’s energy transition An initial public offering by Abu Dhabi’s Masdar could mark a pivotal moment in the move towards cleaner sources of power in not only the world’s largest oil-producing region, but also in Europe, industry observers say. Masdar, more officially known as the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, is considering an IPO next year to fund […] March 28, 2025
Analysis Renewable Energy Plans to bring African energy to Europe face big challenges At least five multi-billion dollar projects to bring up to 24 gigawatts of solar and wind power energy from sunny North Africa to chilly Europe, assisted by Gulf investment money, are currently being planned. But these ambitious schemes to reduce Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels generally, and energy supplies from Russia specifically, all face major […] March 28, 2025
Renewable Energy Masdar weighs IPO on Abu Dhabi stock exchange Abu Dhabi’s state-owned renewables company Masdar is in the early stages of considering an initial public offering (IPO), three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company is considering a possible listing in Abu Dhabi to raise funding for renewable projects, said two of the sources, with one of them saying a dual […] March 26, 2025
Oil & Gas Taqa in talks to buy stake in Spanish utility Naturgy Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) is reportedly in talks with Spanish private equity group CriteriaCaixa to acquire a stake in Naturgy Energy Group. Taqa chairman Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi recently met with an unnamed Criteria executive to discuss a potential deal, Bloomberg reported. Criteria, which holds 26.7 percent of €24 billion ($26 billion) Naturgy, has […] March 25, 2025
Renewable Energy UAE’s Masdar expands renewable energy footprint Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar invested nearly AED30 billion ($8.2 billion) in equity last year and secured more than AED16.5 billion in project financing across nine countries. The company, which is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of 100 gigawatts by 2030, has developed and partnered in projects in more than 40 countries, the […] March 24, 2025
Renewable Energy Masdar in talks on $200m solar power deal in Spain Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar is nearing a deal that would see it pay around $200 million for a 49.9 percent stake in a solar portfolio controlled by Spanish power utility Endesa, according to two sources familiar with the deal and a document seen by Reuters. The deal for the roughly 450-megawatt portfolio builds […] March 19, 2025
Finance Gulf investments grow in Cyprus both onshore and off Sovereign wealth funds are eyeing up real estate while energy companies have set their sights on the sea March 14, 2025
Renewable Energy Gulf companies win slice of $32bn Morocco hydrogen projects The Moroccan government has selected companies from the UAE and Saudi Arabia to help develop hydrogen projects worth MAD319 billion ($32 billion) in the country’s southern province, the prime minister’s office has announced. A government committee finalised five local and global investors to build six projects, said a statement from the office of Aziz Akhannouch, […] March 7, 2025
Analysis Markets Blue chip dividend yields in UAE beat US and Europe Most UAE blue chip stocks provide much higher dividend yields than their counterparts in Europe and the United States, an AGBI analysis shows. The top 20 largest listed UAE businesses, excluding two non-dividend paying companies, offer an average dividend yield of 4.7 percent. This is almost 60 percent better than the average yield of 1.9 […] February 28, 2025
Finance UAE commits $40bn to support Italy’s economy The UAE has committed to invest $40 billion in core sectors of the Italian economy, as the countries advance towards a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement (Cepa), the two nations said in a joint statement. More than 40 new agreements were signed across priority areas such as defence, energy, sustainable energy, and energy transition and space […] February 25, 2025
