ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar has further expanded its presence in the US’ renewables market after closing the acquisition of a 50% stake in a combined solar and battery storage project from EDF Renewables North America. The Big Beau project, located in California, comprises a 128-megawatt (MWac) photovoltaic (PV) solar plant and a 40 MW/160 MWh battery energy storage system. …

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, attended a Majlis Mohamed bin Zayed lecture exploring the science of ageing, presented by renowned genetics expert Dr David Sinclair. The lecture, which took place in a dedicated Majlis venue at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, …

DUBAI / WAM More than 5,000 Emiratis benefited from career counselling services offered by the Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (Nafis) in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) from the beginning of 2023 until the end of March. Ahmad Al Nasser, Assistant Undersecretary for National Human Resources Development at MoHRE, said, “Career counselling aims to qualify Emiratis …