Environment & Energy | Wednesday 18 March, 2015 12:59 pm

Masdar’s Shams 1 Solar Plant Celebrates Second Anniversary

Masdar celebrated the second anniversary of operations of its 100-Megawatt Shams 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in Abu Dhabi’s western region. Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, and partners Abengoa Solar and Total built what was the largest solar plant of its kind when it...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 17 March, 2015 1:17 pm

UN Top Climate Official Visits Zayed Future Energy Prize Winner Liter of Light in Manila

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Meets Volunteers at Liter of LightAbu Dhabi-UAE: March 14, 2015 – Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat visited...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 17 March, 2015 12:37 am

Abu Dhabi Attracts Prestigious International Conference on Applied Energy

Global Gathering of Energy Experts Lands in the Capitol for its First Ever Appearance in the RegionThe Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, today announced that experts in...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 16 March, 2015 12:00 am

US supply and potential Iran deal have Crude back on the run

Head of Commodity Strategy at Saxo Bank Ole Sloth HansenThe rising dollar has become one of the most watched features and one the biggest drivers across most asset classes. During the past month the Greenback has rallied by almost 5% against a basket of 10 leading global currencies, as improved US...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 9 March, 2015 12:25 am

LAUNCH OF “THE FUTURE IS CLEAN” INITIATIVE

This morning in Abu Dhabi, ahead of the departure of the First Round-The-World Solar Flight, starting Monday morning March 9th at 7:30, Solar Impulse launched the #FutureIsClean movement to gather worldwide support for the use of clean energy.Swiss Explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, ...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 8 March, 2015 1:39 pm

Dampened Middle East oil and gas transaction activity in 2014

While the Middle East has substantial oil and gas reserves and production, in the context of the global transactions market both current and historic levels of activity are relatively low, according to EY’s Global Oil and Gas Transactions Review 2014. In the Middle East, transaction activity in...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 5 March, 2015 7:55 am

Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo inaugurates Solar Power Plant for sustainable energy

The Energy Division of Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Company Ltd inaugurated a 60kW Solar Power Plant to provide a green energy to its facility, in the presence of South Korea’s Consul to Saudi Arabia Nakyoung Oh and Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammed Kanoo, Group Deputy Chairman and Ahmed Fawzi, Kanoo Area...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 5 March, 2015 7:42 am

Falling oil prices have global implications: Aon Political Risk Map 2015

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), today unveiled its 2015 Political Risk Map which portrays political risk in emerging markets. Topping the list of political risks facing emerging market investors is the increasing instability in already-fragile oil...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 3 March, 2015 12:37 am

H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Inaugurates 40th Edition of MEE

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance and Industry of the UAE, has officially opened the 40th Anniversary Edition of Middle East Electricity (MEE) which takes place until 4 March, alongside partner event Solar Middle East, at Dubai World ...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 3 March, 2015 12:07 am

GE Lighting announces new lines of businesses to support region’s focus on driving energy efficiency

GE Lighting (NYSE: GE) has announced its new organizational structure for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey (MEAT) region with a focus on enhanced customer service delivery and promoting sustainable lighting solutions. The new organizational structure shifts from managing geographies to focus on...

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