The World Utilities Congress, set to take place in Abu Dhabi on 16-18 September 2024, is the premier global platform for energy leaders, policymakers, innovators and industry professionals from across the power and water utilities value chain. This event will facilitate crucial discussions on the major trends and challenges shaping the industry as utilities worldwide strive to deliver secure, sustainable…
ADIPEC 2024 will be held in Abu Dhabi on 4-7 November 2024, with a renewed commitment to advancing tangible action across the entire energy value chain, accelerating decarbonisation and advancing the global energy transformation. ADIPEC will support the realisation of a cleaner, more secure, and sustainable future for all. Taking place at ADNEC, ADIPEC will convene diverse energy producers, the…
Abu Dhabi stands at the forefront of the MENA region’s economic growth, boasting a 9.3% growth rate in 2022. Looking ahead, the emirate’s ambitious roadmap, the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, charts a course for economic transformation. A key goal of the roadmap is to substantially reduce reliance on hydrocarbons, with a target of achieving 64% of GDP from non-hydrocarbons sectors by 2030. Th
Abu Dhabi has set an ambitious goal that goes beyond the UAE’s national energy strategy, which aims to increase the share of clean energy in its installed capacity mix to 50% by 2050. The Department of Energy (DoE) has been the regulatory authority for the energy sector in Abu Dhabi since 2018 and plays a pivotal role in driving energy transition efforts. Indeed, the emirate is committed to generating…
With high energy prices and supply chain disruptions creating shortages of key renewable energy components and materials, emerging markets are reassessing how to build out utility-scale solar power to accelerate their energy transitions. After more than a decade of decline, the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has risen around the world, due primarily to the increasing cost of solar-grade polysilicon…
Hydrogen has a key role to play in helping the world to meet its net-zero targets. Its primary uses are for power generation, energy storage and transportation, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). It is also seen as a means to decarbonise the world’s heavily polluting industries such as steel, aluminium and cement. The National Hydrogen Strategy seeks to produce 1.4m tonnes per annum (tpa)…
Despite Abu Dhabi’s history and reputation as a major oil exporter, the emirate is integral to the UAE’s ongoing transformation from an economy dependent on fossil fuels to one fuelled by clean energy. This clean-energy transition has already seen Abu Dhabi host the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant, as well as the largest single-site solar power plant in the world at the time when it was…
Interview:Jasim Husain Thabet How can energy and utility players help the UAE achieve its energy transition goals? JASIM HUSAIN THABET: Key energy and utility stakeholders in the country, including TAQA, are committed to achieving the UAE’s net-zero target by 2050. Utility companies are playing a key role in driving progress across multiple fronts, for example, by launching additional renewable…
Interview:Awaidha Murshed Al Marar How can Abu Dhabi’s electricity segment adapt to the UAE’s decarbonisation obligations? AWAIDHA MURSHED AL MARAR: In October 2021 the UAE became the first country in the MENA region to announce a national net-zero initiative, with the target year being 2050. Abu Dhabi, which is the largest emirate and accounts for 60% of the UAE’s energy consumption, will…
