Masdar celebrates an impressive year of growth

As we prepare for the Masdar-hosted Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, we look back on a year of impressive growth for Masdar and both its Clean Energy and Sustainable Real Estate portfolios. In 2019, Masdar secured its first major renewable energy project in Saudi Arabia, the Dumat Al Jandal wind farm, Saudi Arabia’s first and the Middle East’s largest wind project. In the process, we set a new record for the most competitively priced wind power.

Masdar celebrates UAE Flag Day

Masdar joined federal departments, ministries, and private-sector companies across the UAE to celebrate “Flag Day,” an annual event marking the anniversary of his Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan becoming President in 2004. Flag Day symbolizes the love and loyalty the people of the UAE have to their homeland, and honors the nation’s leadership, which has placed the UAE and its people at the forefront of development around the world.

Masdar CEO delivers keynote at Global Manufacturing and Industralisation Summit

While nations will ultimately recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the climate crisis will require more far-reaching social and economic change, Masdar Chief Executive Officer Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi said in a keynote speech at the Global Manufacturing and Industralisation Summit.

Masdar CEO wins Energy Business Leader of the Year award

Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, has been named Energy Business Leader of the Year by Gulf Business magazine in its annual awards event for the second time.

Masdar City at center of Abu Dhabi’s COVID-19 fightback, OBG reports

Masdar City has been at the center of Abu Dhabi efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, Oxford Business Group reported, with a high-volume security testing facility being built in the sustainable development in just two weeks.

Masdar-led consortium inaugurates largest utility-scale wind farm in Western Balkans

A consortium led by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, has today inaugurated Čibuk 1, the largest utility-scale commercial wind project in Serbia and the Western Balkans.

Masdar’s Ahmed Baghoum shares importance of a green energy transition

A green transition will require the cooperation of all sectors, the reskilling of workers and the continued deployment of renewables, Ahmed Baghoum, Executive Director, Human Capital and Services, Masdar, said during a virtual panel organized by the EU-GCC Business Council.

Middle Easts largest wind farm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reaches halfway mark on construction

HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, HRH Prince Faisal bin Nawaf, Governor of Al-Jouf Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ludovic Pouille, French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ole Mosby, Danish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bruno Bensasson, EDF Group Senior Executive Vice-President Renewable Energies, and Fawaz Al Muharrami, Acting Executive Director, Clean Energy, Masdar visited the Dumat Al Jandal wind farm construction site, for a site visit to mark the completion of 50 percent of the project.

Masdar enters strategic alliance to explore renewable energy opportunities in Ukraine

Masdar, parent company Mubadala Investment Company, and DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private power producer, have signed a strategic agreement to explore potential clean energy investments in Ukraine.

Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity companies announce Strategic Partners for Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower) and its operating water and electricity companies have signed an agreement to become Strategic Partners of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020.

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Energy to support Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week as Principal Partner

Masdar, host of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), today announced that Abu Dhabi’s Department of Energy (DoE) will support the global platform for accelerating sustainable development as ADSW’s Principal Partner. The partnership with the DoE will support ADSW’s initiatives and events, which are bringing global leaders together virtually from 18 – 21 January 2021, to engage in dialogue and take action to advance the global sustainability agenda.

Masdar executive director tells Gulf Business economic case for renewable energy “stronger than ever”

The economic case for renewable energy is “stronger than ever” and the UAE and other GCC states are particularly well placed to achieve “ambitious” clean-energy targets, Yousif Al Ali, executive director at Masdar Clean Energy, said in an interview with Gulf Business.

Masdar joins UK government leaders at Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund event

Masdar, one of the world’s leading sustainability investors and renewable energy developers, has today joined UK government leaders in London for a specialised industry event to discuss its recent investment in the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (CIIF).

Solar Impulse 2 Soars Over Gemasolar, Masdar’s Solar Thermal Plant in Seville

Shortly after taking off from Seville, Spain en route to Cairo, Egypt, Solar Impulse 2 flew directly over the Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant, a highly advanced facility run by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar and Sener. The 20-megawatt plant is the world’s first utility-scale solar power plant to combine a central tower receiver system and molten salt storage technology enabling electricity generation for 15 hours without solar irradiance electricity, thus guaranteeing a reliable energy supply 24 hours a day.

Global Thought Leaders to Address How Innovation Can Accelerate Sustainable Development

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) will bring together leading global experts – from academia, industry and government – to address how promoting innovation and cross-sector collaboration can accelerate solutions that tackle energy and water security, climate risk and sustainable development.

Mohammad bin Rashed, Mohammad bin Zayed and Egypt’s President Sisi Award ZFEP 2015 Winners

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashed al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, His Excellency Abdulfattah El Sisi, President of the Republic of Egypt and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Awarded the 7th Zayed Future Energy Prize winners at an awards ceremony today during the opening of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

Women in Sustainability Unite at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

Masdar agrees to acquire stakes in two US wind farms

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; January 15, 2019: The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), has announced the execution of a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire John Laing Group plc’s (John Laing) interest in two wind farms in the United States, marking the first time the Abu Dhabi-based company has invested in renewable energy projects in North America.

Masdar’s Global Clean Energy Achievements to be Showcased During ADSW 2014

Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, will showcase its past year’s global contribution to clean energy development at the 7th World Future Energy Summit during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) – the region’s largest gathering on sustainability. Masdar will use the platform to highlight a year in which it has inaugurated solar and wind projects in the UAE, UK, Seychelles and Mauritania, installing over 750 megawatts of renewable grid capacity in the process.

Second Edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week Kicks Off

The second edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) gets underway today, welcoming global leaders to the UAE capital for a week of high-level dialogue to address the interconnected challenges affecting renewable energy, water scarcity and sustainable development. Taking place January 18-25, ADSW is the Middle East’s largest gathering on sustainability.