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Iran wants to scale down cooperation with IAEA

1 year ago
Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it will dramatically scale back cooperation with it in a week, a report by the agency to its member states showed on Tuesday, ratcheting up protests against U.S. sanctions still choking its economy. Iran has accelerated its breaches of its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers in recent […]
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King Abdullah City pushing solar panel training, design

2 years ago
King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy has launched training programs to teach the design and installation of small-scale solar panel systems in Saudi Arabia. It comes after the energy ministry said this week that panels that use solar photovoltaic technology to generate power are now available for installation on homes and business premises, […]
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Germany investing 1.5 million euro in Saudi hydrogen plant

2 years ago
Germany will make a 1.5 million euro ($1.83 million) contribution to Thyssenkrupp’s planned hydrogen electrolysis plant in Saudi Arabia, the second commitment this month under a broader national strategy to support hydrogen technology. Electrolysis is a carbon-free process - if powered by renewable electricity - to extract “green” hydrogen from water, but future German demand […]
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Emirati builds his own wind turbine at home

4 years ago
An Emirati engineer has installed a wind turbine at his home and claims it works even when there is no wind. Ali Hussain Al Obaidi, a former aircraft engineer, spent Dh100,000 to build the turbine in his backyard in Al Rahba in the capital. He spent years researching wind turbines and visited countries like the […]
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UAE’s first nuclear power plant now completed

4 years ago
The UAE’s first nuclear power plant at Barakah has been finally completed, after nine years in the making. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in were welcomed at Monday’s reception ceremony, who accompanied by […]
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Second hydrogen station in UAE to open in Abu Dhabi

5 years ago
As discussions are on to open the UAE’s second hydrogen station in Abu Dhabi, experts find a bright future for hydrogen as an alternative green fuel in the UAE. “We are working closely with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Masdar and Air Liquide [prominent hydrogen fuelling stations supplier] to explore the best solutions for […]
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Pay as you throw waste fee for all Dubai buildings soon

5 years ago
A new ‘pay as you throw’ waste fee is coming soon for Dubai buildings, Gulf News has learnt. All buildings in Dubai will soon be charged for waste collection as Dubai Municipality has decided to outsource the service to the private sector, Gulf News can reveal. A senior municipality official confirmed that the civic body would stop […]
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Find alternative, say experts on oil discovery anniversary

5 years ago
Oil may last for 50 years or 100 years and the UAE does not have to be entirely dependent on fossil fuels and alternative sustainable solutions for the next generation must be found, a symposium was told at Zayed University on Wednesday. Khalil Ailabouni, a senior Emirati journalist in Abu Dhabi who contributed to the […]
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Masdar-led Serbia wind project to power more than 100,000 homes

5 years ago
Financing for one of the largest wind power projects in mainland Europe, which will power more than 100,000 homes, has been agreed by the Masdar-led project’s shareholders and lenders in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Due for completion in the first half of 2019, the 158 megawatt capacity Cibuk 1 windfarm will be the largest utility-scale […]
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First hydrogen refilling station in region opens in Dubai

5 years ago
The first hydrogen refilling station in the region was unveiled in Dubai Festival City on Wednesday, aimed to eventually transform the UAE into a "hydrogen society". Al Futtaim Motors, the country's Toyota dealership, inaugurated its first hydrogen station in the UAE in its Al Badia showroom in partnership with France's Air Liquide. The initiative is […]
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