January 25, 2008 (Bahrain Tribune) – Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s $15 billion future-energy initiative, has made significant steps forward in its ambition to make Abu Dhabi the global centre for future energy. As a long-term strategic and financial initiative, the company aims to create an entirely new economic sector in the emirate, turning it into an [...]
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Abu Dhabi to invest $15b in future energy
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Energy Efficiency, Gulf, Solar, Wind on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
An Oil Giant’s Green Dream
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Gulf, Solar on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January 21, 2008 (Time) – If you filled your tank with gasoline today, or warmed your home with natural gas, there’s a decent chance you sent some money to Abu Dhabi. The capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is blessed with fossil fuels, including the fourth-biggest reserves of oil in the world. Selling that [...]
Renewable Energy in the Gulf
Posted in Cleantech venture capital, Gulf on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 21, 2007 (Agora) In the world of fashion, long legs and high cheekbones win models the top contracts. In the world of energy, the longest legs and the highest cheekbones belong, undoubtedly, to oil and gas. They are, if you like, the Elle and Giselle of energy’s international catwalk.
EcoSecurities & Zero Waste Announce Anaerobic Digestion Facilities in Middle East
Posted in Gulf, Recycling, Waste Management, Waste to Energy on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
October 21, 2007 (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) – Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and EcoSecurities announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Zero Waste Technology to jointly develop municipal waste treatment centers using anaerobic digestion projects under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Doha Bank to Start Gulf’s First Carbon-credits Exchange
Posted in Carbon Credits, Climate Change, Gulf, Renewable Energy on August 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
August 27, 2007 (Bloomberg) – DOHA BANK plans to start the Arabian Gulf’s first carbon-credits exchange in 2009 to tap an emerging market for emissions trading.
“The Gulf is the primary source of the oil and gas the world’s using,” Doha Bank deputy CEO R Seetharaman said in an interview in Dubai. “Emissions trading is [...]
