@Masdar Expands Social Media Efforts to Enable Global Conversation During #WFES2011

Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted initiative advancing the development and deployment of renewable energy and clean technologies, today announced it is significantly boosting its online social media efforts to facilitate and enhance worldwide dialogue, discussion and collaboration about the issues emerging from the fourth annual World Future Energy... 

Young Future Energy Leaders Poised to Make a Contribution to the solution of clean energy and sustainability at WFES 2011

The Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL), a program of the Masdar Institute, committed to raising awareness and engaging students and young professionals in the renewable energy and sustainability fields, announces its program and sponsors for 2011. Growing support from the private sector, including local companies such as Emirates Nuclear Energy Company... 

Masdar Set to Capitalise on International Adoption of Renewable Energy

Masdar chief executive Dr. Sultan Al Jaber announced that Masdar, a multi-faceted future energy initiative wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, is well-positioned to capitalise on the “undeniable momentum and long term viability” of renewable energy technology in his keynote speech at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Dr.... 

Suntech Solar Panels to Power Largest PV Solar Project in the Middle East

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced it has supplied 5MW of Suntech solar panels for a 10MW solar electricity system to power Masdar City, the world’s first carbon neutral city being built in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The panels will form part of the largest solar... 

Masdar Breaks Ground on Photovoltaic Factory in Germany

Less than three months after announcing a strategic investment into thin-film photovoltaics, Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, yesterday broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen, Germany. The plant will use advanced production technologies to bring PV closer towards grid parity, and enhance a local economy...