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Russia's Innovation Town: A Cross Between Masdar City And Silicon Valley

A new development outside of Moscow, powered by renewable energy, is being built to foster research. Intel, Nokia, Siemens, and Cisco may set up shop there. READ»

Test-Riding Personal Rapid Transit in Masdar City [VIDEO]

Masdar City was designed to be a cleantech geek's dream come true -- it will be almost entirely powered by renewable energy, cooled by towers that draw wind into breeze corridors, and navigated by a number of futuristic mass transportation options.READ»

Hara's Software-As-Service to Manage Abu Dhabi's Energy Use

Hara, an environmental and energy management software startup, already has some major customers--News Corp., Coca-Cola, and Safeway. But this week the company scored one of the biggest energy resource management deals in history.READ»

Financial Problems Hit Masdar City, the UAE's Sustainable Mecca

Oh, Masdar City. We had such high hopes for you and your self-driving electric vehicles, giant geothermal facilities, and rooftop gardens. And the plan to generate all of your electricity from on-site renewable sources? It doesn't ...READ»

Masdar City Testing EVs That Drive Themselves

Abu Dhabi's Masdar City will be chock full of super-green technology by the time it's finished--building facades that adjust to capture sunlight, wall surfaces that adapt to changing temperatures, and the Persian Gulf's first ...READ»

Zero-Emissions Masdar City Gets Persian Gulf's First Geothermal Facility

Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»

LAVA's Vision for Abu Dhabi's Sustainable Masdar City Center

Dubai's reign as a "symbol of crazed civic ambition" is over, but the United Arab Emirates is still planning to play host to Masdar City, the first large-scale carbon-neutral development in the world. Now the UAE has selected ...READ»