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Zero carbon, zero waste city being built in Abu Dhabi (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new eco-city being built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Masdar City, will be the world’s first clean technology city, relying entirely on renewable energy sources, and being free of ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (30) | comments 39 | with audio podcast report

Abu Dhabi to build 'world's largest' solar plant

French oil firm Total and Spain's Abengoa Solar will partner with Abu Dhabi's alternative energy company Masdar to build "the world's largest" concentrated solar power plant, Masdar announced on Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 12

Abu Dhabi shifts plans for $22B clean-energy city

(AP) -- A $22 billion clean-energy city being built in the desert outside Abu Dhabi will no longer aim to produce all its own power, the developer revealed Sunday following a wide-ranging review that retools ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Space tourism port to be sited in Abu Dhabi

Tourists will be able to journey to outer space via Abu Dhabi as part of a deal by a local investment group to take a stake in the world's first commercial space travel operator, the two companies said on ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

UAE's planned renewable energy city gets its first residents

Abu Dhabi's planned Masdar City, which is to be the world's first powered solely by renewable energy, now has residents -- students at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Climate change panel: renewable energy to be key

(AP) -- The world's top scientific body concluded that renewable energy in the coming decades will be widespread and could one day represent the dominant source for powering factories and lighting homes, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Wind, salt and water are leading indicators of land degradation in Abu Dhabi

Desert environments are characterized by poor vegetative cover, strong winds, dry, non-cohesive sandy soils, and hyper-arid conditions. In this context, the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the United Arab Emirates ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0