Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Abu Dhabi, the capital of leading oil producer the United Arab Emirates, said Friday it had awarded a contract for a mega solar power plant to French group Engie in partnership with a local firm. The 1.5-gigawatt Khazna Solar PV plant, expected to have nearly...
EWEC, Masdar sign purchase pact
Power to be purchased generated from UAE's Wind Programme.
TAQA, ENGIE complete financial closing for UAE’s mega desalination plant
Dubai, UAE -- Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) ENGIE, a global leader in low-carbon energy solutions, and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), announced the successful financial closing of the AED2.3 billion ($620 million) low-carbon Mirfa 2 Reverse Osmosis (M2 RO) desalination project. The project is primarily (78 percent)...
Green energy meets 80 percent of Abu Dhabi demand: EWEC
Abu Dhabi, UAE--- Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has, for the first time, met 80 percent of total power demand in Abu Dhabi using renewable and clean energy from its solar and nuclear energy plants. In the process, EWEC supplied approximately 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of the total 7.7GW system...EGA and ENEC top officials discuss UAE’s clean energy future
EGA has a strategic initiative with TAQA, Dubal Holding, and EWEC to divest its natural gas-fired power plants and instead source its electricity needs through the grid from EWEC.
ADDED, EWEC sign MoU to improve sustainability, clean energy adoption
The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) and the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at improving sustainability best practices and encouraging the adoption of Clean Energy Certificates (CECs) across the emirate’s industrial sector. EWEC will collaborate with ADDED through the...
EWEC to conduct 4th Clean Energy Certificates Auction
The CECs provide Abu Dhabi entities a pathway to achieve their desired sustainability goals by guaranteeing the zero-carbon origin of their clean electricity consumption.GCC keeps pace with global solar, wind trends
Countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman appear on track to take giant strides in diversifying their portfolios when it comes to power generation.
Aldar and EWEC sign clean energy deal
EWEC will supply clean energy to all Aldar owned and managed assets.TAQA Group, EWEC price green bond
The bonds were 1.8 times oversubscribed.
NYU Abu Dhabi’s Water Research Center partners with EWEC
The center serves as an interdisciplinary innovation hub for research in water desalination and membrane technology innovation.
