UAE

It is the first commercial reactor to be built in the Arab nation

The 700MW project is part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, claimed to be the biggest of its kind in the world

The UAE has signed two international co-operation agreements on nuclear energy with the UK and Canada. They will exchange information on matters related to the safe and peaceful use of nuclear power as well as regulations, construction, operation and decommissioning of power plants. The agreements were signed with the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation and […]

A management services firm and Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company are to pursue joint sustainability projects. BMS and Masdar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to improve the energy and water efficiency of buildings and facilities across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They aim to help companies decrease their energy consumption and […]

A new global project to help analyse publicly available oil and gas data has been announced. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretariat and the UAE Ministry of Energy said the first phase of the Oil and Gas Big Data Project will be launched later this month. The platform will consist of a […]

A new project to assess the energy performance of buildings in Dubai has been launched. Emirates Green Building Council (GBC) and the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) have joined forced for the ‘Benchmarking Project’ of 100 buildings in the city. It will be done under the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) programme, part of the […]

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first nuclear plant has had its links to the grid approved. The 5,600MW Barakah nuclear plant is currently under construction and the first of its four reactors is scheduled to be operational by May 2017, making it the first Arab state to have a nuclear power programme. A transmission project worth 63 million Emirati […]

The UK has supported a contract to build a revolutionary environmental building in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Loans from UK Export Finance (UKEF) helped Carillion secure a contract worth “tens of millions of pounds” to build environmental management company Bee’ah’s new headquarters in Sharjah, UAE. The building, which was was designed by the late Dame Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned British […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to generate 50% of its energy from low carbon sources by 2050. This will be made up of 44% renewable power and 6% nuclear, with fossil fuels gas (38%) and ‘clean coal’ (12%) providing the rest. The plan was announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of […]

The UAE is to invest AED600 billion (£132bn) by 2050 in renewable energy projects in the country. It is part of the nation’s plans to generate almost half of its energy from green sources during the same period. Under its Energy Plan 2050, a majority of the country’s energy would come from renewables (44%), 38% […]