Tag: clean energy

    50 DEWA employees begin Masters in Future Energy Systems & Technology from UC Berkeley
    09 Jan 2022

    Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inaugurated the third batch of the Master’s Program in Future Energy Systems & Technology, which DEWA implements in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). This was attended by UC Berkeley College of Engineering Dean Tsu Jae King Liu; […]

    BIG has designed a cybersecurity center with wave-like solar roofs in Slovakia

    Architectural company BIG presented the project of the Center of Innovative Technologies for ESET in Bratislava. The 12 buildings will be visually connected by wavy sunroofs that resemble the surrounding mountains, Dezeen states. The technology quarter, which will include the headquarters of the Slovak company ESET, will be built on the site of a former […]

    DEWA highlights its global achievements supporting UAE’s excellence and competitiveness journey
    06 Jan 2022

    Since its establishment on 1 January, 1992, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is moving steadily to achieve the visionary directives of the Founding Fathers and the wise leadership vision to promote comprehensive and sustainable development in the UAE, which thrived over the past 50 years. This was evident in several achievements and gains that […]

    DEWA promotes best practices, success stories on the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network website

    Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced sharing its best practices and success stories in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)s 2030 through an initiative entitled “SDG Action,” WAM states. This step underlines its global excellence and continuous efforts to achieve the wise leadership vision to build a more sustainable environment as well as […]

    Masdar continues to strengthen its leading stature in the clean energy sector
    03 Jan 2022

    The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) is continuing to strengthen its leading stature in the clean energy sector and help drive the sector’s development, in line with the directives of the UAE’s leadership to promote clean technology and renewable energy solutions on a large scale, as well as support the global efforts to address […]

    Race to net-zero: what the world will look like after the decarbonization of 2050
    30 Dec 2021

    There is a huge race in the world, in which most countries participate. The race is called “Race to Zero”.  Is it possible to achieve zero emissions? The world is optimistic.  About 140 countries have committed to zero emissions in the coming decades. Ukraine is the last in the list of these countries, but there […]

    ACWA Power inks deal to finance clean energy projects
    14 Dec 2021

    The agreement paves the way for Natixis CIB to finance approximately $2bn over two years for ACWA Power’s future project pipeline, Mepmiddleeast reports. Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power, which is a leading developer, investor, and operator of power generation, desalinated water, and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Natixis Corporate […]

    Fossil fuels made Getty and Rockefeller families rich. Now Aileen and Rebecca want this industry to end
    11 Dec 2021

    Congress must help usher in a new energy age – a clean energy age with the same level of support that fossil fuels companies have received for over a century, said Aileen Getty and Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert. Aileen Getty is the founder of the Aileen Getty Foundation and the co-founder of the Climate Emergency Fund […]

    Mohamed bin Zayed launches Abu Dhabi powerhouse to develop a world-leading portfolio in clean energy
    09 Dec 2021

    His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, announced on Wednesday a global clean energy powerhouse intended to spearhead the drive to net-zero carbon by 2050. Consolidating their combined efforts in renewable energy and green hydrogen, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company […]

    Electric cars are more environmentally friendly than gasoline cars, even when charging with electricity from coal

    Experts have denied the view that electric cars are not much greener than cars with internal combustion engines. It turned out that the electric car emits less greenhouse gases throughout the life cycle than in cars with internal combustion engines, The Verge states. The International Clean Transport Council study says that it does not matter […]