ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, chaired the periodical meeting of the UAE’s federal General Budget Committee to review the draft federal general budget for the 2024 fiscal year. The meeting was attended by Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial ...
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UAE leaders congratulate President of Germany on Unity Day
ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany on the occasion of his country’s Unity Day, which is marked on 3rd October. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed ...
Read More »Installed clean energy capacity share reached 15.6% of UAE’s total energy mix in 2022: Suhail Al Mazrouei
ABU DHABI / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, has said that the UAE’s share of installed clean energy capacity reached 15.6 percent of the country’s total energy mix in 2022, with a set target to raise it to 30 percent by 2030, in line with the updated UAE Energy Strategy 2050. Speaking to the ...
Read More »ADNOC Gas awards $615m contract for one of MENA’s largest integrated carbon capture projects
ABU DHABI / WAM ADNOC Gas plc announced today it has awarded a $615 million (AED2.26 billion) Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to Petrofac Emirates for constructing carbon capture units, pipeline infrastructure and a network of wells for carbon dioxide (CO2) injection at the Habshan gas processing plant, as part of ADNOC’s accelerated decarbonisation plan. The Habshan Carbon Capture, ...
Read More »Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed meets with President of INPEX
ABU DHABI / WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has met with Takayuki Ueda, President and CEO of Japanese energy company INPEX, to discuss collaborating further to enhance energy security and advance the energy transition. They also discussed opportunities to strengthen partnerships and accelerate the ...
Read More »Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed tours ADIPEC 2023
ABU DHABI / WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has visited ADIPEC, which is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). During the tour, ...
Read More »UAE leaders congratulate President of Maldives on election win
ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent a message of congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Muizzu of Maldives on the occasion of the presidential election win. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, ...
Read More »Rakez, Amazon UAE collaborate to empower SMEs grow online
RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (Rakez) and Amazon UAE have signed an MoU to enable businesses registered within the hub to sell their products to millions of customers across the UAE on Amazon.ae. The initiative aims to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to scale their businesses online, enabling them to leverage Amazon’s capabilities, tools, ...
Read More »Masdar enters Tajikistan, eyes 500MW clean energy projects
ABU DHABI / WAM MW Energy, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar and W Solar Investment, has signed an agreement with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MOEWR) to explore 500 MW capacity of clean energy projects, including floating solar power and hydropower, in landlocked and water-abundant Tajikistan. The MoU was signed during ...
Read More »CBUAE lifts monitoring imposed on bank operating in UAE
ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) announced the conclusion of administrative measures it had previously imposed on a bank operating in the UAE. This is a result of the bank’s adherence to the directives of the CBUAE with regard to the appointment of a consultant to take action and remediate its Anti Money Laundering (AML) ...
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