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  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) has launched an updated version of the Abu Dhabi Guide for Infrastructure Services at the “Partners Forum” 2022 with modifications and adding 30 sub-directories bringing the total number of technical documents in the Guide to 160. The Partners Forum 2022 was organised in Abu Dhabi, with the ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE affirmed that developing new strategies to upskill workers and enhancing business environments for employers are necessary to prepare for the digital future of work. This came during a speech by Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation and head of the UAE delegation, at the 48th Arab Labour Conference, held from ...

  SHARJAH / WAM Under the patronage of the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFO) in Sharjah, the activities of the seventh edition of the UAE Women Writers Forum, organised by the Cultural and Media Office of SCFO, will be launched next Monday ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) has collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Department of Community Development, Abu Dhabi Sports Council and the fitness app STEPPI to launch an interactive challenge that aims to encourage individuals to collectively walk one billion steps. The challenge has to be completed by the end of the 9th ...

Bloomberg Natural gas prices in Europe headed for a fourth weekly loss, as ample supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) help countries fill reservoirs days ahead of the start of the heating season. Dutch front-month gas, the European benchmark, declined as much as 6%, and are on pace for a drop of about 5% this week. While prices have eased ...

  Bloomberg Nuveen’s London-based renewable energy fund manager Glennmont Partners has raised $698 million to buy green power assets in Europe. Glennmont’s latest fund comes as the European Union plans to boost construction of clean-power generation to cut its reliance on gas imports amid an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Glennmont will invest in technologies such as ...

  Bloomberg Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and an affiliate of developer Related Companies have teamed up to start a venture that will sell clean energy products to big real estate owners. Radial Power will install solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicle charging stations to help large property owners hit their climate and clean energy goals, according to ...

  Bloomberg India plans to expand its coal power fleet by about a quarter through the end of the decade as it continues to lean on the fuel to meet growing demand until energy storage costs fall. The world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases will add nearly 56 gigawatts of coal power capacity unless there’s a substantial drop in the ...

  Bloomberg The UK expects to raise more than £28 billion ($30.9 billion) in the coming years from a windfall tax on oil and gas firms. The revenue will go toward offsetting the huge costs of subsidizing energy bills amid a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring gas and power prices. The forecast was released as part of Chancellor of the ...

Bloomberg The UK government will relax planning rules for onshore wind to allow projects to be deployed more easily, marking a significant policy shift. Britain vowed to speed up the planning process for energy infrastructure including offshore wind farms and new oil and gas fields in Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. Onshore wind was effectively banned in 2016, but developers were ...