Masdar’s Renewable Energy Desalination Plans Take Off
The company, with as-yet-unamed partners, has launched a pilot project to build the world's first large scale, commercially viable desalination plant powered completely by renewable energy. Exactly...
View ArticleShams One: Masdar’s Concentrated Solar Power Project
About 2 hours south west of the city of Abu Dhabi is the first phase of one of the largest concentrated solar power projects in the world: Shams One. It's a 100MW project which aims to power 20,000...
View ArticleMasdar Switches on Africa’s Largest Solar Plant in Mauritania
Masdar, the clean energy company and eponymous “green city” based on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, launched a $32 million solar plant in Mauritania.The post Masdar Switches on Africa’s Largest Solar...
View ArticleMasdar-Backed Wind Farm Opens in Seychelles
Masdar and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development turned on the switch of the Port Victoria Wind Farm project yesterday in the Seychelles.The post Masdar-Backed Wind Farm Opens in Seychelles appeared first...
View ArticleInterview: CEO Masdar on the Largest Offshore Wind Farm Ever Built
The London Array is interesting in its own right, but the involvement of the UAE's Masdar makes the project even more fascinating. Longtime readers know we've been covering Masdar for years, others may...
View ArticleLast Chance! Win a Trip to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
Write a 500-600 word story addressing the following question: “How can cities contribute to the advancement of sustainable development and address issues including water, energy and waste?”The post...
View ArticleThe Emerging Sustainable City Opportunity
Not only is there much that cities can do to advance sustainable development, it is critical that they begin doing so.The post The Emerging Sustainable City Opportunity appeared first on Triple Pundit:...
View ArticleThe Smart City of 2020: An Ecological Partnership
What will tomorrow's sustainable city look like? Most likely, the focus will be not on how we can bend the environment to meet our needs, but how we can live within the means of tomorrow's...
View ArticleWill Our Cities Save Us? Municipalities at the Nexus of Change
Sustainability and resilient cities: We are now an urban species and cities offer the best opportunity to adapt to change and adopt sustainable developmentThe post Will Our Cities Save Us?...
View ArticleUrbanity: A Look at Urban Evolution in 2050
As a lead-up to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, Jan. 18-25, Masdar sponsored a blogging contest called “Engage: Cities and Sustainable Development.” The following post, a fictional piece set in 2050...
View ArticleInterview: Steve Severance Makes the Business Case for Masdar City
In an exclusive interview, we chat with Steve Severance, manager of program management and investments for Masdar City, about how Masdar is walking the fine line between sustainable innovation and...
View ArticleSiemens, GE Open Up Shop at Masdar City
This week, global electronics powerhouse Siemens inaugurated its new Middle East headquarters at Masdar City - a pivotal turning point in the city's growth and the beginning of a wave of high-profile...
View ArticleSustainable Design in Masdar City: Photo Essay
Flip through this photo essay, featuring images snapped on a recent tour of the city during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2014, for an up-close look at some of Masdar City's most impressive sustainable...
View ArticleHeads Up: We’ll Be At the ‘Abu Dhabi Ascent’ U.N. Climate Conference May 4-5
May 4-5, a special two-day, high-level United Nations meeting -- "Abu Dhabi Ascent" -- will convene in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with the aim "to reinvigorate government and private sector...
View ArticleMasdar Partners With Companies to Develop Energy-Efficient Desalination Pilot...
Masdar Chairman Dr. Ahmed Al Jaber said, "Seawater desalination is an energy intensive process that if left unchecked will become unsustainable over time. We must innovate and discover commercially...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Launches Solar Car Challenge
This week at the Abu Dhabi Ascent meeting in the UAE, renewable energy company Masdar, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced that it will sponsor the region's first...
View ArticleMasdar Invests $858M in U.K. Offshore Wind
Yesterday Masdar announced its partnership with two Norwegian firms in the Dudgeon offshore wind farm, located off the Norfolk coast in Eastern England. Valued at £1.5 billion (around US$1.9 billion or...
View ArticleSXSW Eco Interview: Alejandro Rios, Masdar Institute
Nick Aster talks to Dr. Alejandro Rios of Masdar Institute about the ISEAS project -- which will use salt water aquaculture to produce both food and biofuel with few of the side effects often...
View ArticleMasdar To Develop 50 MW Wind Farm in Oman
The Sultanate of Oman will have a 50 megawatt (MW) wind project online in early 2017.
View ArticleBlogging Contest: Fancy a Trip to Masdar City in Abu Dhabi?
The winner will have an all-expenses paid trip to Abu Dhabi the week of January 19, 2015, and will be Masdar’s guest blogger during this important event that brings about 35,000 professionals from all...
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