Press Releases

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISITS ABU DHABI, COMMENDS MASDAR, GOVERNMENT’S INVESTMENT IN “FUTURE ENERGY”
14th January 2008

President Bush and His Highness General Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, were briefed on the activities of Masdar in Mr. Bush’s final stop in Abu Dhabi.
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WWF AND ABU DHABI’S MASDAR INITIATIVE UNVEIL PLAN FOR WORLD’S FIRST CARBON-NEUTRAL, WASTE-FREE, CAR-FREE CITY
13th January 2008

The WWF and Masdar, The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, today launched a “Sustainability Action Plan” to deliver the world’s greenest city – Masdar City.
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PRESIDENTS, ROYALTY AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ATTEND INAUGURAL WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT
10th January 2008

Around 85 international speakers, including US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, will address the inaugural World Future Energy Summit at Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre from January 21- 23.
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MASDAR PUTS SOLAR POWER TO THE TEST
26th December 2007

Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, is carrying out one of the largest ever field studies of solar panel technology and supplying clean, renewable energy to the local electricity grid for the first time in the process.
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MASDAR, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, COSMO OIL PARTNER TO DEVELOP SOLAR THERMAL ‘BEAM DOWN’ TECHNOLOGY
17th December 2007

Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s hub for clean future energy solutions, and Japan’s Cosmo Oil Co. today signed a contract with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to research and develop solar tower ‘beam down’ technology, an advanced solar thermal process that offers lower electricity generation costs and higher efficiency.
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MASDAR, REGION’S FUTURE ENERGY LEADER, SETS NEW VISION FOR ENERGY COOPERATION: REINVENTING ENERGY IS THE WAY FORWARD
21st November 2007

In a speech at the 13th Annual Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) Energy Conference, Dr. Sultan al Jaber, CEO of Masdar, called for a new approach to energy. “The world needs a portfolio of solutions,” said Dr. Sultan. “It can no longer be hydrocarbons or renewables. It is a combination of both.”
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MORE THAN 80 TOP GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, SCIENCE LEADERS TO SPEAK AT THE WORLD’S LARGEST RENEWABLE ENERGY SUMMIT
28th October 2007

More than 80 heads of state, ministers, business, science and environment leaders from the global renewable energy community will speak at the inaugural World Future Energy Summit taking place on January 21 to 23, 2008, in Abu Dhabi, establishing the event as one of the most important on the international calendar.
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MASDAR: FUTURE OF GULF REAL ESTATE SECTOR RESTS ON REDUCING ENERGY, WATER, WASTE CONSUMPTION
16th October 2007

The Gulf real estate sector must address sustainability issues if it wants to deliver the USD500 billion of developments planned for the next seven years in the region, Masdar CEO Dr. Sultan Al Jaber told the property and real estate community at Cityscape Dubai today.
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