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UAE Breaks Ground on World’s First Gigascale Round-the-Clock Renewable Energy Project, Setting a New Global Standard For Clean Energy
His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen Heroes’ Affairs, has witnessed the groundbreaking of the world’s largest combined solar power and battery storage project, capable of delivering 1 gigawatt (GW) of baseload renewable energy around the clock.
Gulf Cryo Appoints Ranjith Nair as Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Cryo, a leading provider of industrial gases and a pioneer in sustainable solutions across carbon management and hydrogen technologies, today announced the appointment of Ranjith Nair as its Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2025.
Dii Editorial Q3 2025: Global Energy Transition: The Fourth Dimension!
Traditionally, the Energy Transition towards #NetZero has been characterized by solving the general energy trilemma: Security of supply, Cost of supply and Sustainability of supply. These represent the basic three dimensions of concern. Is there a Fourth Dimension? How?
Dii Editorial Q3 2025: Nuclear, a promising option?
Our ‘desert energy’ movement is each day host of interesting discussions among our professionals, staff, industry partners and other stakeholders. Recently the subject of ‘nuclear energy’ emerged in one of our WhatsApp groups. Participants are eagerly sharing rational and emotional ‘pro’s and con’s’.
Dii Editorial Q3 2025: From Solar to Scale: China’s Blueprint for the Energy Future
Early September, Paul van Son and I were invited to attend and speak at the 2025 Global Energy Interconnection Conference held in Beijing, organized by GEIDCO, the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization.
Automating an all-in-one hydrogen energy storage solution
Endua is a Brisbane-based company focused on developing innovative, hydrogen-powered energy storage solutions. Their mission is to provide clean, reliable, and long-term energy storage, targeting remote industries such as mining, remote communities, and other off-grid energy users. The company aims to address one of the key challenges in renewable energy: ensuring consistent power availability, even when sources like solar and wind aren’t generating energy.
Dii Editorial Q3 2025: Speed!!!
The recent work in the framework of our joint study (together with our Lead Partner innio) on Data Centers, the new super offtakers, revealed a key factor of why the middle east is also fast becoming a global front runner for data centers: speed
Dii Editorial Q3 2025: Data centers and Common User Infrastructure: two pathways from vision to bankable reality
The recent work in the framework of our joint study (together with our Lead Partner innio) on Data Centers, the new super offtakers, revealed a key factor of why the middle east is also fast becoming a global front runner for data centers: speed
SEFE wins IMPACT Energy Transition Award
SEFE proudly took centre stage at the “Investing in Hydrogen” global summit in London in September, where our CSO Hamead Ahrary represented the company on a panel about the future of hydrogen and the energy transition.
Dii’s Cornelius Matthes joins The Hydrogen Leader Podcast to discuss the unstoppable rise of hydrogen and its critical role in achieving zero emissions
We’re excited to share the latest episode of The Hydrogen Leader Podcast, featuring our very own CEO, Cornelius Matthes. The Hydrogen Leader podcast channel dives deep into the potential of green hydrogen, offering powerful discussions on leadership strategies, career, and fuel cell technology.
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