Abu Dhabi’s Masdar seeks partners for clean-energy desalination
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, known as Masdar, is seeking to form international ventures to build water-desalination plants powered by renewables across the globe as early as 2018, a company official...
UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority to build 200-megawatt solar power plant
The Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) will build a solar power plant with capacity to produce 200 megawatts of energy and upgrade power grids by 2025 to meet the increasing demand, said...
UAE ratification of Paris climate deal wins plaudits
An environmentalist praised the UAE’s decision to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change and urged countries in the Middle East to follow suit. On Sunday the UAE became the first Arabian Gulf...
How To Watch The Solar Eclipse In The UAE Now
Today many Arab states will be able to view one of the universe’s natural phenomenons – a solar eclipse. Arab states including Yemen, southwestern parts of Saudi Arabia, and all the Arab states in...
Arab world to witness solar eclipse on Thursday; how can you see it in UAE?
Many Arab states will view a partial eclipse (annular eclipse) on Thursday, September 1, including Yemen, southwestern parts of Saudi Arabia, and all the Arab states in Africa. Unfortunately, those...
MIT and UAE’s Masdar design solar-to-steam device
The UAE’s Masdar Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a device that uses solar power to generate steam from sunlight. The solar conversion system can...
Heavy fog covers parts of UAE
Heavy fog and mist formed in parts of the UAE, causing poor visibility on roads on the first day of classes on Sunday. Dense fog reduced horizontal visibility to 50 metres in Al Minhad at 6am and to...
Rain, hailstorm in Ras Al Khaimah; humidity to rise
Heavy rains and a hailstorm was recorded in Ras Al Khaimah on Friday, with residents experiencing reporting a significant drop in temperatures. The rains were recorded in Shawka and the surrounding...
