Masdar City to have new cleantech pilot project

abu dhabi — Swedish solar energy company Azelio has partnered with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar, and Khalifa University of Science and Technology to run a pilot project evaluating new technology in power storage.

An agreement to formalise the partnership was signed by Jonas Eklind, chief executive officer of Azelio; Abdulla Balalaa, director of Real Estate Development and Design at Masdar; and Dr Steve Griffiths, senior vice-president for Research and Development at Khalifa University of Science and Technology; at the World Energy Congress, which concluded on Wednesday.

The project aims to test and demonstrate Azelio’s Stirling engine systems and integrated thermal energy storage, TES, solution for renewable energy projects that use photovoltaic solar, concentrated solar power, CSP, and wind energy, or projects that provide off-grid solutions, with the purpose of determining if the technology can be included in current and future renewable energy projects.

E-Fusion Initiative

More than 20 French and 12 Emirati companies attended the first E-Fusion Initiative to discuss potential partnerships and new business opportunities. The side event took place in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the 24th World Energy Congress (WEC), currently running in Abu Dhabi.

The E-Fusion Initiative aims at bringing together the French nuclear supply chain and Emirati companies around projects for the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Programe. The initiative is co-headed by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and the French Nuclear Industry Association. Mohamed Al Hammadi, CEO, ENEC welcomed the French participants led by Ludovic Pouille, Ambassador of France to the UAE, Xavier Ursat, Chairman of the GIFEN as well as Jean-Bernard Levy, Chairman and CEO at EDF.