UAE and US officials announced that $20bn will be allocated to fund 15 new gigawatts (GW) of clean and renewable energy projects in the US before 2035, led by UAE’s Masdar and a consortium of US private investors
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea, witnessed the signing of the MoUs and agreements
The agreement will build cooperation in areas such as environmentally sustainable transportation, sustainable fuels, biomass projects, waste conversion to energy, and carbon capture
On its completion, the project will have the largest thermal storage capacity in the world of 15 hours, allowing for energy availability around the clock
Many governments improved their electricity access policies, with Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean scoring the highest on this indicator
The partnership will play an important role in upskilling the UAE’s technical workforce, as well as driving the development of the engineering and manufacturing knowledge pool
Abu Dhabi-based Taqa has significant investments in power and water generation, transmission and distribution assets, as well as upstream and midstream oil and gas operations
The framework agreements, the largest of such awards in the oil and gas industry, cover ADNOC’s onshore and offshore fields and will run for five years
The contract was awarded to ADNOC Logistics & Services, which will provide 13 self-propelled jack-up barges to be deployed across ADNOC’s offshore fields