Nearly two decades on from reforms which introduced private investment and an unbundled operational structure to the sector, Abu Dhabi’s utilities are on a sound footing. With nearly a 30% cushion between peak load and installed capacity (as of 2014), it is clear that the emirate’s model of encouraging partnership with international investors...
With a growing economy and population, the emirate of Abu Dhabi continues to consume more and, as a result, produce a substantial amount of waste. In recent years the emirate has succeeded in reducing the amount of solid waste produced, from 9.6m tonnes in 2009 to 8.39m tonnes in 2015, according to official statistics reported by Tadweer....
The Abu Dhabi authorities have set an ambitious recovery target of 70% for the emirate’s maturing oilfields. Achieving this goal will require the implementation of sophisticated advanced technology, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques. At the same time, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has set a sector goal of 75%...
While fossil fuels remain the mainstay of Abu Dhabi’s economy, in recent years the emirate’s authorities have nonetheless expended considerable efforts to place it at the forefront of global initiatives to advance renewable energy. The culmination of these efforts occurred in June 2015, when Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City played host to the opening...
As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the threat of global warming looms ever larger, the world faces a conundrum: how to reduce the amount of harmful CO being released into the atmosphere in a global economy that continues to rely on fossil fuels for the majority of its energy requirements.
July 2015 marked a watershed moment in the Arab Gulf’s decades-long history of cheap oil, as the UAE became the region’s first country to remove subsidies for transport fuel. Abu Dhabi-based daily The National reported on July 28, 2015 that prices for 95-octane unleaded petrol rose overnight from Dh1.72 ($0.47) per litre to Dh2.14 ($0....
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