Banking & Finance

SOLAR IMPULSE planning to fly to Morocco

Solar Impulse – the ambitious project focusing on renewable energies and resource efficiency that is supported by Deutsche Bank as a main partner – will be heading for the Kingdom of Morocco as its next destination. Following the inaugural flights to Paris and Brussels in 2011, the solar airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg [...]

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By developer
Friday, April 20th, 2012

Saudi Arabia gets ready for a fully sustainable financial hub in its capital

Saudi Arabia is to put up a sustainable financial hub in its capital city Riyadh, the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD). Henning Larsen Architects (HLA) has prepared the master plan for what should be a project that combines both the local traditions and the advanced sustainable building concept. In fact, HLA won the international competition [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Masdar to invest Dh2.57m in Carbon Research Project

US Energy Department will contribute $3m Masdar is investing Dh2.57 million in a high potential carbon capture technology research project in collaboration with RTI International, an independent non-profit research institute, the company said in an emailed statement Tuesday. Masdar said that the research project is “set to revolutionise the carbon capture and storage (CCS) space. [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Thursday, September 1st, 2011

UAE looks at $100b investments in alternative energy

The UAE sees private sector investment opportunities in alternative energy projects reaching $100 billion by 2020, the economy ministry said on Monday. “Investment opportunities in the market for alternative and sustainable energy projects that can be invested by the private sector in the UAE will be around $100 billion until 2020,” the country’s economy ministry [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Google invests $280 million in residential solar power

In Partnership with SolarCity, Google has just announced its biggest clean energy investment yet: A $280M fund to finance residential solar panel installations across the United States. For this massive roll-out of sustainable energy sources, Google is partnering with SolarCity, where Tesla CEO Elon Musk is chairman and an early investor. The company is described [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011