Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, also known as Taqa, said that its subsidiary awarded Dh900 million worth of projects to expand the company’s recycled water distribution programme.
The two projects under the umbrella of Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC), will have a combined capacity to transmit around 85 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of recycled water, sufficient to irrigate more than 3.5 million palm trees, the company said.
"By implementing practical and sustainable solutions that optimise desalinated water usage and protect our precious ground water resources, we will continue to reinforce the emirate’s strategic approach to achieving water and environmental sustainability,” Saeed Mohamed Al Suwaidi, ADDC managing director, said.
The expansion will increase the use of recycled water beyond municipal landscaping to include commercial and agricultural sectors, the company said.
The move will also allow nearly 4,000 farms to benefit from the supply of recycled water, according to ADDC.
The expansion plans follow an earlier announcement in January, when the company began transmission of 4.4 MIGD of recycled water on Saadiyat Island through an existing network on Yas Island.
The new transmission infrastructure will help the company reach clients from the commercial and agriculture sectors located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.
The expansion will include laying out approximately 150 kilometres of pipelines in two phases, with the first 30 MIGD pipeline slated for completion by the third quarter of 2021 and the second 55 MIGD project to be completed by the fourth quarter.
Taqa said it is focused on the UAE’s national strategies for energy and water supply, "which anticipate an increase in demand and the deployment of more clean technologies and sustainable methods of service delivery,” said Omar Abdulla Alhashmi, executive director of transmission and distribution at Taqa.
"The expansion of ADDC’s recycled water distribution programme plays a key role in Taqa's transformative impact on Abu Dhabi’s utilities sector – across the value chain and for decades to come,” he added.
Earlier this month, Taqa completed its transaction with ADPower to create one of the largest utility companies in the broader Europe, Middle East and Africa region with total assets worth about Dh200bn.
As per the terms, ADPower transferred the majority of its water and electricity generation, transmission and distribution companies to Taqa in return for convertible shares in the latter.
Following the deal, Moody's Investors Service upgraded Taqa's issuer rating to Aa3 from A3 and its short term rating to P-1 from P-2. The ratings agency said the new assets have a "significant positive impact on Taqa's business and financial profiles".
Taqa also reached financial close for a 2.4 gigawatt gas-fired power plant in the emirate of Fujairah – the largest such scheme in the UAE earlier this month.
The Fujairah F3 independent power producer (IPP) project, expected to cost Dh4.2 billion, is set to power 380,000 households upon completion in the third quarter of 2022. An IPP refers to a private entity that generates power for sale to a utility or end users.
If you go
The flights
Emirates and Etihad fly direct to Nairobi, with fares starting from Dh1,695. The resort can be reached from Nairobi via a 35-minute flight from Wilson Airport or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or by road, which takes at least three hours.
The rooms
Rooms at Fairmont Mount Kenya range from Dh1,870 per night for a deluxe room to Dh11,000 per night for the William Holden Cottage.
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Getting there
The flights
Flydubai operates up to seven flights a week to Helsinki. Return fares to Helsinki from Dubai start from Dh1,545 in Economy and Dh7,560 in Business Class.
The stay
Golden Crown Igloos in Levi offer stays from Dh1,215 per person per night for a superior igloo; www.leviniglut.net
Panorama Hotel in Levi is conveniently located at the top of Levi fell, a short walk from the gondola. Stays start from Dh292 per night based on two people sharing; www. golevi.fi/en/accommodation/hotel-levi-panorama
Arctic Treehouse Hotel in Rovaniemi offers stays from Dh1,379 per night based on two people sharing; www.arctictreehousehotel.com
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Conflict, drought, famine
Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.
Band Aid
Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.
