UAE puts energy-water-food-climate nexus on UN agenda at ongoing climate negotiations

The United Arab Emirates today hosts COP18’s central discussion of the energy-water-food-climate nexus, in cooperation with New York University. The panel, “It Never Rains in the GCC,” had identified priority government interventions in the market to manage the nexus as its global significance intensities. Held as part of the UNFCCC climate change negotiations in Doha and moderated by Chatham House, the panel brings together experts from the OECD, World Economic Forum, Global Water Partnership, Qatar Foundation, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, New York University, and UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

Abu Dhabi to Host First Energy Ministerial Meeting of the South American-Arab League

The ministerial conference is an outgrowth of the ASPA Summits of Heads of State and Government in Doha in 2009 and Lima in 2012. The summits identified energy as the backbone for Arab and South American dialogue and collaboration.

World Future Energy Summit

Masdar to host the second annual Green Hydrogen Summit, as part of the World Future Energy Summit, aims to accelerate the development of the global green hydrogen economy to support the energy transition.

Floating Photovoltaic Solar Power

Locating solar power plants on water is an innovative alternative for countries seeking to harness the power of the sun.

Photovoltaic Power

Blessed with abundant sunshine the UAE has made the most of solar power. Since 2006, Masdar has pioneered life-changing utility-scale and off-grid solar projects around the world.

Concentrated Solar Power

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems are considered a promising technology for large-scale power generation. Masdar has invested in and developed several different types of CSP projects.

Waste-to-Energy

With the development of waste-to-energy projects, Masdar is helping to tackle the issue of waste management.

Project Chereh

In December 2025, Masdar signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia’s national utility, to develop the region’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant at the Chereh Dam in Pahang State, marking Masdar’s inaugural project in Malaysia.

240MW Absheron-Garadagh Onshore Wind Projects

Guzar

Masdar has entered into a Public Private Partnership Agreement to design, build and operate a 300MW solar photovoltaic power plant and 75MWh capacity battery energy storage system in the Kashkadarya Region in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Financial close was reached during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026.

Garadagh Area 60 Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant

The 230-megawatt (MWac) Garadagh (Area 60) Solar PV Plant is the country’s first foreign investment-based independent utility scale solar project structured as a public-private partnership.

Al Wadi Al Jadeed Solar PV Plants

In support of government efforts to unlock the agricultural potential of the Al Wadi Al Jadeed Governorate, Masdar worked closely with Egyptian authorities to identify three sites in the governorate for new solar power plants

Kiribati 500kW Solar PV Water Protection

The UAE-PPF project is helping to meet the needs of 17% of Kiribati’s population who live off-grid

Fiji LaKaRo 525kW Solar PV

Inhabitants on three of Fiji’s outer islands (Kadevu, Lakeba, and Rotuma) have access to energy around the clock having previously had power for only 12-18 hours a day

Cirata Floating Photovoltaic FPV Plant

In January 2020, Masdar signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with PT PLN Nusantara Renewables, a subsidiary of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (PLN), the state-owned electricity company in Indonesia. The agreement was to build Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar power plant.

Ile de Romainville Solar Park

Romainville Solar Park is a 5-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant with battery storage in the Re¬public of Seychelles.

The Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant

The Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant is a 15-megawatt photovoltaic facility in Nouakchott, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was one of the largest solar power installations in Africa when completed and is the first such utility-scale installation in the country.

Solomon Islands Solar PV Plant

The one megawatt plant, which was expanded from 600kW following a grant from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, bolster energy resilience and reduce costs associated with diesel imports

Tafila Wind Farm

The Tafila Wind Farm is the first commercial utility-scale wind power project in the Middle East. Located in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the 117 megawatt wind farm has increased the country’s total power capacity by 3 per cent.

Welkin Road Stockport

The Welkin Road battery energy storage system (BESS) plant is situated in Stockport on a previously industrialized site, conforming to Masdar Arlington Energy’s strategy to house projects on land in need of redevelopment and regeneration. The 20MW/40Mwh plant will power 10,000 homes per day based upon two cycles per day. It is expected to become operational in Q2 2025.