Environment & Energy | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 8:19 am

Greenstone Equity Partners collaborates with TIMU to raise capital from GCC investors for clean energy projects in Africa

Greenstone Equity Partners, one of the largest independent fund placement firms in the Middle East, announced its collaboration with TIMU Energy Holdings, a Mauritius-based investment company, to raise capital from GCC investors for the development of clean energy projects in...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 6 July, 2015 12:33 pm

CFOs will play critical role in the economic survival of the oil and gas industry, says ACCA

With oil prices slowly recovering from the dramatic fall last summer which forced global organisations to put multi-million dollar projects on ice, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has detailed the key areas in which chief financial officers (CFOs) working in the sector can ...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 4 July, 2015 3:56 am

Solar Impulse 2 Makes History; Arrives Safely in Hawaii

Solar Impulse 2, the revolutionary solar-powered aircraft able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday at 19:57 UAE time after crossing the Pacific Ocean. The 118 hour 8,261km flight from Nagoya, Japan to Honolulu made history, as it was a feat that had...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:11 am

Al Gore Advances COP21 Climate Action Campaign with Zayed Future Energy Prize Award

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has used the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed on him by the Zayed Future Energy Prize in January, to provide critical funding to the COP21 climate action campaign, run by the Climate Reality Project. Gore established the Climate Reality Project, in 2006,...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 21 June, 2015 11:12 am

Eye on Earth Summit 2015 to be held under royal patronage of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

International forum reinforces UAE’s commitment to sustainable developmentAbu Dhabi, UAE. HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, continues his royal patronage of the second Eye on Earth Summit, to be held in Abu Dhabi from 6-8 October 2015. The Summit will be the world’s...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 20 June, 2015 5:33 pm

UAE National Masdar Institute Students Intern at World-Renowned Facility in Germany to Develop Innovative Integrated Circuits

Three Emirati Graduate Students Expect to Gain Skills and Knowledge Central to the Development of their Innovative Integrated Circuits Three UAE National graduate students from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 18 June, 2015 9:40 am

Empower at Vienna Energy Forum 2015 to support UNEP’s global District Energy in Cities Initiative

What Dubai endorsed as an efficient and pro-environment method of cooling more than a decade ago is now being considered for implementation as pilot project by many developing cities globally, according to HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 17 June, 2015 12:26 pm

ADNOC Distribution Bags ‘UAE Superbrand’ Status for Second Consecutive Year

Distinction Reiterates Brand’s Increasing Credibility across Customer BaseADNOC Distribution has received the ‘UAE Superbrand’ status for 2015, in recognition of its excellence in the distribution and marketing of petroleum products and services within the UAE and overseas.Abdulla Salem Al...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 16 June, 2015 9:05 am

ManageEngine Launches Data Migration Program for SolarWinds and PRTG Users

ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced a new migration tool in the latest version of OpManager, the company’s data center management software for large enterprises. The migration tool enables network admins using SolarWinds and PRTG to try OpManager without starting...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 15 June, 2015 1:12 am

QATAR DRIVING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Qatar has witnessed unprecedented and sustained growth over the past few years and is considered as the fastest growing power markets amongst the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Accelerated socio-economic development coupled with expanding population, high rates of urbanization and...

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