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Wreckdock recently gained notoriety for its efforts to build a sustainable facility in Saudi Arabia, complete with a fully equipped labour complex.
Under the terms of the five-year MoU signed by ADNOC Drilling Company and Masdar, the two companies will investigate opportunities for joint development, investment, operations, and projects to sustainably accelerate the energy transformation in the United Arab Emirates and beyond.
The Zero Waste Ramadan Initiative has been launched by Sharjah Sustainable City.
According to its CEO, NEOM Airlines, an airline dedicated to serving the mega NEOM project in Saudi Arabia's northwestern region, will begin operations at the end of Q4 2024.
According to Klaus Goersch in an article on NEOM's website, the airline will be focused on enabling travel for tourists, residents, and commercial partners to and from NEOM.
The airline will be a continuation of NEOM: the location, the company, and the vision.
A report says the UAE Central Bank has begun implementing its digital currency strategy, the Digital Dirham, as it prepares the country's infrastructure for the future of finance.
It signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi's G42 Cloud and digital finance services provider R3 to use them as the infrastructure and technology providers, respectively, for the launch of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the regulator said in a statement on Thursday.
JLL, an investment management and real estate consulting firm, has announced the opening of its new LEED Platinum-certified, designed on the principles of the future workplace, according to the news.
Fully embracing the needs of a dynamic, hybrid working environment, the multifunctional new office at ICD Brookfield Place in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) supports a liquid workforce and is built to the highest standards of sustainability, prioritising employee wellbeing and productivity.
Etihad Energy Services Company (Etihad ESCO) and Dubai Government Workshop (DGW) have signed an agreement, according to the news.
The agreement is to set up a 2.5 MW photovoltaic power station as part of efforts to boost the contribution of clean energy and cut carbon emissions.
The Renewable Capacity Statistics 2023 report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which is based in Abu Dhabi, says that by the end of 2022, the world's renewable generation capacity was 3,372 Gigawatts (GW), which was an increase of 295GW, or 9.6%.
83 percent of the new power capacity that was added last year came from renewable sources.
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Nuclearelectrica have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
According to the report, the agreement is for bilateral cooperation within the nuclear energy sector to support the growth of this critical energy source in tackling the dual challenges of energy security and climate change.
The objective of the memorandum of understanding is to provide both parties with an enabling framework for potential collaboration on the development and expansion of nuclear energy programmes in the UAE and Romania, as well as within Central and Eastern Europe, as highlighted earlier.
Water is critical to human survival, but it is becoming increasingly scarce.
World Water Day (March 22) serves as an important reminder to make every effort to protect this valuable resource for future generations.
With this year’s theme of accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis in mind, I believe every organisation has the power to accelerate change and contribute towards a greener world for their customers and the community they operate in, says Mayur Bommai, co-founder and chief of logistics at Laundryheap.