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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced on Wednesday the signing of a three-year partnership agreement to sponsor annual Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show. The agreement was signed at ADSW 2023 by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, has signed a ground-breaking contrail management contract with Satavia, a leading UK-based green aerospace firm. The partnership will build on a previous proof-of-concept engagement to expand the scope for contrail management within day-to-day flight operations. The partnership also incorporates an agreement to collaborate on the generation of future ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday held a fraternal consultative meeting with leaders of a number of brotherly countries. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed held the meeting with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman; King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain; Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar; King Abdullah ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc maintained in 2023 its position as the UAE’s most valuable brand for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new report from Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation consultancy. Adnoc’s brand value increased by 11% year-on-year to reach $14.2 billion in 2023, an Adnoc statement said on Wednesday. Adnoc Brand Strength Index ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (Ta’ziz) announced on Wednesday the signing of a shareholder agreement with Fertiglobe, GS Energy Corporation (GS Energy) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), to develop an anticipated 1 million tons per annum low-carbon ammonia production facility at the Ta’ziz Industrial Chemicals Zone. The move is a further step in ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding in collaboration with the General Authority of Islamic Affairs & Endowments (Awqaf) to invest approximately AED20 million in a project that will optimise air conditioning (AC) equipment in 850 mosques, which equals 65% of the mosques in the Abu Dhabi and Al Dhafra regions. ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates has announced that it will reintroduce its flagship A380 to Casablanca as part of the airline’s ramp up of operations to Morocco. Starting from April 15, the airline will replace the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft currently used between Dubai and Casablanca with its flagship A380 to meet growing demand on the route. The A380 service, operating as ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Wednesday announced it has signed a contract with Distant Imagery, a UAE-based environmental technology company, to plant 2.5 million mangrove seedlings across Abu Dhabi using innovative drone planting technology adopted by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD). The new contract signed at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (Saasst) of the University of Sharjah (UoS), successfully received the first communication signal from its first CubeSat, “Sharjah-Sat-1,” on January 17 at 10:02, once it reached its orbit around Earth. Sharjah-Sat-1 is the first miniaturised satellite, launched by Saasst on January 3, as part of a series ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), a responsible provider of reliable, lower-carbon intensity energy, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thyssenkrupp Uhde, a Germany-based subsidiary of thyssenkrupp group that specialises in chemical engineering, to explore a long-term partnership to create new markets for hydrogen and promote global clean energy ...