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Larderello geothermal power plant in Italy. Advanced techniques could make it easier to bring geothermal power to the Gulf

Geothermal could be the Gulf’s energy solution 

In Dubai, the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is due to increase its production capacity in the hydrocarbon-poor emirate to over 4,500MW – roughly three big conventional power plants. In Abu Dhabi, the 2,000MW – 2GW – Dhafra plant is among the largest single-site solar PV power installations in the […]

Masdar solar power Saudi Arabia

Masdar-led consortium to build Saudi solar plant

Masdar, the UAE clean energy company, has won a contract with Chinese and South Korean partners to develop a 2GW solar project in Saudi Arabia. The company, along with its partners GD Power of China and the Korea Electric Power Corporation, will build the plant at Al Sadawi, about 500km north of Riyadh in the […]

Pipeline

Saudi Arabia announces winning bidders for water pipeline

State-backed Saudi Water Partnership Company expects commercial operations at its Jubail-Buraydah independent water pipeline project to start in the first quarter of 2029.  The plan follows its announcement about the preferred and reserve bidders for the water project. A Saudi consortium, comprising Al Jomaih Energy & Water Company, Nesma Company and Buhur for Investment Company, […]

UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Egypt's president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attend the signing ceremony of appointing Modon Holding as developer of Ras El Hekma

ADQ unveils plans for Ras El Hekma Egyptian project

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has revealed plans for the Ras El Hekma mega development, which is expected to contribute $25 billion annually to Egypt’s GDP and create 750,000 jobs both directly and indirectly. The sovereign fund has appointed Abu Dhabi-listed Modon Holding as the master developer for the 170 million sq m project. […]

Acwa Power and Japan's Sumitomo will build the Kungrad 1, 2 and 3 wind projects in Uzbekistan

Acwa Power-Sumitomo tie-up for Uzbekistan projects

Saudi energy company Acwa Power and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation will jointly develop renewable energy projects worth $4.2 billion in Uzbekistan.  The first set of projects include Sazagan 1 and 2 in Samarkand, each consisting of a 500 megawatt (MW) solar PV plant and 334MW battery energy storage systems (BESS). These projects are slated to begin […]

ADQ owns a stake in Abu Dhabi Ports Co. The fund’s assets under management reached $225 billion at the end of June 2024

ADQ’s $2bn bond issue draws fourfold demand

Order books for the $2 billion bond sale by Abu Dhabi’s ADQ crossed $8 billion as it plans to diversify it funding sources to support new acquisitions. The sovereign wealth fund issued two tranches: a $1 billion seven-year bond at 85 basis points (bps) over US Treasuries and a $1 billion 30-year bond priced at […]

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 […]

Uzbekistan government officials with executives of SWS Holding, Uzsuvtaminot, Marubeni and Suez at the signing of the wastewater treatment plant agreement

UAE company involved in $1bn project in Uzbekistan

A consortium, which includes an Abu Dhabi state-owned company, is set to develop a $1 billion wastewater treatment plant in Uzbekistan. The group, comprising Abu Dhabi Sustainable Water Solutions Company, Japan’s Marubeni Corporation and France’s Suez, signed a development agreement with Uzbekistan’s investment, industry and trade ministry and state-run Uzsuvtaminot JSC. The project, located in […]

Taqa's capital expenditures rose 91% to AED3.8 billion due to the construction of the Mirfa 2 and Shuweihat 4 desalination projects

Taqa first-half profit falls despite rising revenues

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) said net profit attributable to shareholders fell 68 percent year on year to AED4.4 billion ($1.2 billion) in the first half of 2024. Revenues reached AED27 billion, up 2 percent than the prior year’s period, due to the contribution from Sustainable Water Solutions Holding Company, which was acquired in […]

Masdar TotalEnergies SAF

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 […]