Masdar City
Abu Dhabi, the wealthiest of the seven semi-autonomous Middle Eastern sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates, seems an unlikely place for a renewable energy push. After all, the tiny emirate is one of O.P.E.C.'s top five oil producers, with as much as 10% of the world's oil reserves by some estimates (most of its crude is exported to energy-hungry Asia).
It’s counterintuitive, but the idea that wind turbines without blades could generate as much energy per square meter as standard wind turbines is based on scientific observation.
Oxford Analytica, commissioned by CMS Legal Services, produced a report on the state of European clean technology innovation.
Often overshadowed by construction-happy Dubai, its extravagant, cosmopolitan and pretentious cousin, Abu Dhabi is a laid-back Persian Gulf city with ambitions of its own: to reinvent itself as a center for clean energy, an unlikely goal for a place fueled by petrodollars.
