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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) — alongside partners Masdar, EDF Renewables and JinkoPower — announced on Tuesday the successful financial closing of the Al Dhafra Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Independent Power Producer (IPP) project. The record-breaking project, located approximately 35 kilometres from Abu Dhabi city, will have a capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) and will supply ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), announced on Tuesday that its Cryptography Research Centre (CRC) has built the UAE’s first national and sovereign crypto library. The milestone is set to enable the country to safeguard vital and confidential sources of information. The development follows a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE embassy in Beirut, in cooperation with the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, has launched an initiative aimed at distributing 10,000 food parcels and 60 wheelchairs in Lebanon. The initiative is in cooperation with civil society organisations registered with the Lebanese Ministry of Interior, municipalities, and care homes for elderly people. The gesture is part ...

Bloomberg Oil extended this week’s slump on fears that rising virus infections and a faster-spreading strain will inflict a new blow on fuel consumption. Futures are down more than 3% in New York. Many countries have suspended travel with the UK, where a new Covid-19 variant is forcing more than 16 million people to stay at home. A resurgence of ...

JAKARTA / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed a series of agreements with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) to provide technological know-how to upgrade the Indonesian company’s aluminium smelter in North Sumatra. The signing was part of Indonesia UAE Week, organised by the two countries’ embassies to further deepen economic ties between the UAE and Indonesia. EGA will provide ...

DUBAI / WAM Emaar, the master developer of the Burj Khalifa, has collaborated with Zoom Video Communications, to host New Year’s Eve celebrations live from Downtown Dubai in a global Zoom video call. Up to 50,000 people from around the world will be invited to tune-in and usher in 2021 on the first ever New Year’s Eve celebration to be ...

ABU DHABI / WAM With immediate effect, Etihad Airways will temporarily suspend its passenger services between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Muscat (MCT) in Oman and Kuwait (KWI) until further notice, based on the directives of the respective authorities to limit the spread of Covid-19. A company spokesperson said the move is aimed to limit the ...

Sharjah / WAM UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Air Arabia, the Mena region’s low-cost carrier, have launched an advocacy campaign to mark the agency’s 70th anniversary. The campaign entails positioning UNHCR’s artwork on one of Air Arabia’s aircrafts for three months. In a ceremony attended by Nadia Jbour, Head of UNHCR office in the UAE; Adel Al Ali, Group ...

Al Ain / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has announced the reopening of the iconic North-West tower at Qasr Al Muwaiji in Al Ain. As the historic site prepares to welcome visitors once again, Qasr Al Muwaiji has applied strict health and safety measures, ensuring the facility’s readiness for public use. In ...

JAKARTA / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium has signed a series of agreements with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) to provide technological know-how to upgrade the Indonesian company’s aluminium smelter in North Sumatra. The signing was part of Indonesia UAE Week, organised by the two countries’ Embassies to further deepen economic ties between the UAE and Indonesia. EGA will provide expertise ...