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Shams: One of the World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plants

TotalEnergies.com · last updated

Established in 2006, Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is a global leader in renewable energy and sustainable urban development. Masdar’s mandate is to help maintain the leadership of the UAE in the global energy sector, while supporting the diversification of both its economy and energy sources for the benefit of future generations.

As part of this mandate, Masdar developed the Shams concentrated solar power plant, in which TotalEnergies is a shareholder, and which was then the largest renewable energy project in the Middle East. In 2008, Masdar broke ground on Masdar City, a world-class technology and innovation hub, and a pioneering sustainable urban community in Abu Dhabi.

The City is currently home to a range of companies, including multinationals, SMEs and startups, dedicated to developing innovative technologies across the sectors of renewables, energy storage, artificial intelligence, health, space, and mobility.

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