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About ADFEC

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC) is a private joint stock company wholly-owned by the government of Abu Dhabi through Mubadala Development Company. ADFEC is mandated to drive the Masdar Initiative, Abu Dhabi's landmark program to champion the development of advanced energy technologies and promote diversified and sustainable economic growth. The Masdar Initiative is a multi-billion dollar comprehensive economic development program designed to leverage Abu Dhabi's considerable financial resources and energy expertise into innovative solutions for cleaner, more sustainable energy production and resource conservation.
ADFEC is well-positioned to drive progress in clean tech and sustainable energy; Abu Dhabi's abundant sunshine, water requirements, and large-scale CO2 sequestration options in the local and regional oil and gas industries all provide ADFEC with worldscale opportunities to develop and apply new technologies in solar, water, carbon management and hydrogen power.
ADFEC's strategic partnerships combine leading international energy and technology companies together with key Abu Dhabi stakeholders to drive innovative energy solutions and applications throughout the UAE and the MENA region.

ADFEC core components include:

Masdar Institute: a graduate-level research -driven institute in Abu Dhabi specializing in advanced energy and sustainability-related technologies.
Masdar Research Network: a unique collaborative global research network driving advances in sustainable energy and environmental solutions, together with six leading universities and scientific research institutes from Asia, Europe, and North America.
Innovation & Investment Unit: a finance and development unit to fund innovation, demonstration projects and external investment in promising new energy or sustainability-related technologies and companies (such as through the $250 million Masdar Clean Tech Fund).
Special Projects Unit: a strategic development unit focused on large-scale, capital-intensive projects able to significantly advance the Masdar Initiative as well as kickstart sizeable new businesses in alternative energy, via a combination of Abu Dhabi based production ventures and international acquisitions.
Carbon Management Unit: a regional pioneer in the development of carbon projects under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, building a broad portfolio of assets involved in carbon capture, sequestration and carbon credit trading and further enhancing Abu Dhabi's record of environmental stewardship.
Special Economic Zone: an integrated, synergistic community housing the Institute campus, research labs, commercial offices and support facilities in an iconic "green" science park, combined with an associated manufacturing zone for the commercialization and production of new advanced-energy technologies, products and services.