ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower) announced the world’s lowest tariff for solar power. This came as ADPower’s subsidiary, Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), delivered a virtual read-out of five consortia’s technical and commercial bids for the 2 GW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Independent Power Producer (IPP) project – to be located in Abu Dhabi. The project ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Sena) completed around 20,000 coronavirus tests for mall and shop employees across Abu Dhabi. The initiative of Seha the UAE’s largest healthcare network, also enhanced the employees’ awareness about Covid-19, its symptoms and how to appropriately follow the outlined precautionary measures, said a Seha press release. This was done in collaboration ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM Oil product stockpiles at Port of Fujairah rose 6.1 per cent week on week to 24.65 million barrels, marking the highest level in two weeks, according to data exclusively obtained by S&P Global Platts on Wednesday. The gains were led by light distillate stocks jumping 24 per cent week on week to 7.466 million barrels, an eight-week ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways continues to increase the number of special flights it is operating from Abu Dhabi to several key destinations around the world, as it prepares for an eventual return to scheduled flights, subject to the lifting of current travel restrictions. Throughout May, the airline will increase frequencies on recently announced special flights from Abu ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have convened a video conference organised by the Chinese Consulate to discuss and exchange knowledge about the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. Li Xuhang, Chinese Consul General to Dubai, welcomed the participants confirming that coronavirus doesn’t recognize geographical borders. “It has spread now in 200 countries affecting millions ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies, on Wednesday announced it had assumed full ownership of National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), one of the UAE’s leading energy sector Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), after acquiring the 30% shares previously held by Consolidated Contractors International Company (ICC). ADQ (formerly Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company) acquired ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai Future Foundation’s (DFF) knowledge platforms have reached more than 5 million people across their social media platforms. In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Foundation’s knowledge-sharing platforms including Mostaqbal Portal, Popular Science Arabia, MIT Tech Review Arabia and Future Talks have been diligently sharing quality Arabic content on the latest science and technology developments, for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, reviewed the prospects of furthering cooperation with the Republic of Mali in a phone call with its Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. Sheikh Abdullah conveyed to the President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita his best wishes and warms regards on the occasion ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday sent an aid plane containing seven metric tons of medical supplies to Nepal to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. The aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. Commenting on the aid delivery, Saeed Hamdan Al Naqbi, UAE Ambassador ...

Bloomberg Singapore is in the process of scaling up medical facilities by adding capacity at isolation wards and intensive care units as the confirmed number of virus cases nears 15,000, making it Asia’s most-infected nation after China and India. More than 18,000 beds have been created for isolation and medical care needs, Singapore Armed Forces Director of Joint Operations, Brigadier-General ...