With the goal of upgrading existing facilities and laying the foundations for future economic growth, the Abu Dhabi government is investing billions in public infrastructure. Transportation and energy projects comprise about a third of planned or existing construction spending in the UAE, according to a recent report from ...
The arrival of nuclear energy in 2017 will bring a considerable change to Abu Dhabi’s power and water sector. It will not only diversify the emirate’s generation mix, but will also have an impact on the cost of electricity generation in the local market. Moreover, it will change the structure of the sector and create opportunities for stand-...
Abu Dhabi is emerging as an important global supplier of aluminium. As capacity expansions push the emirate towards the top of the rankings, plans are in the works to build additional manufacturing capacity around the material for finished and semi-finished products. Indeed, over the coming years, the aluminium cluster at the Khalifa Industrial...
Home to one of the newest and largest ports in the Middle East, Abu Dhabi’s reputation as a logistics and industrial centre for the Gulf is on the rise. Khalifa Port, which opened for business in September 2012, has the potential to transform the emirate’s economy over the coming decades. The new Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), which...
In 2008 Abu Dhabi became a net importer of natural gas for the first time, primarily as a result of rising domestic demand for electricity. According to data from the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED), a government entity charged with facilitating economic diversification, around 60% of the UAE’s total gas consumption goes...
The UAE overtook Saudi Arabia as the Gulf’s largest construction market in terms of contracts awarded in 2012, with the biggest tender coming from Abu Dhabi for the construction of a new terminal at the expanded Abu Dhabi International Airport. In 2013, the UAE construction market continued to post growth, led by Abu Dhabi’s capital investments...
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