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GREEN ENERGY-
Dubai inks agreement to turn waste into fuel: Dubai Municipality has signed an agreement with Belgium’s Besix, Japan’s Marubeni Corporation subsidiary Marubeni Middle East and Africa Power, and the UAE’s turbine and aviation fuel supplier Enoc Marketing, to transform solid municipal waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Wam reports. Under the agreement, the municipality will provide solid waste — including organic waste and green hydrogen from sewage treatment — to SAF.
The timeline: The project, which is currently under study, is slated for implementation in July 2025, Dubai Municipality Director General Dawoud Al Hajri said.
The UAE has set an SAF target: The country wants to have SAF make up 1% of fuel for national airlines by 2031, according to Wam.
TECH-
Presight + Samruk-Kazyna JV to establish supercomputing and data hub in Kazakhstan: ADX-listed big data analytics outfit Presight and Kazakh sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna have inked an agreement with Kazakhstan’s Digital Development Ministry that will see the pair develop an AI supercomputer and data center cluster in Kazakhstan, according to a disclosure (pdf). The move represents the first project by the recently established Samruk-Kazyna and Presight joint venture. The statement did not disclose the value of the agreement or the project’s timeline.
The details: The project is set to unfold in two stages, with the first phase boosting computing capabilities at the Digitization Ministry’s standing facilities and the development of a Kazakh large-language model (LLM). The second phase will see the establishment of a data center and
supercomputer cluster that is powered by green energy, the statement said.
HEALTHCARE-
Abu Dhabi’s Reem Hospital has inaugurated a new mentalhealthcare facility, dubbed the Reem Neuroscience Centre, reports state news agency Wam. The hospital has the capacity to serve 6k patients a month, with 25 specialized treatment rooms, outpatient clinics, and an inpatient psychiatric department.
Abu Dhabi Health Information Exchange’s (Malaffi) image exchange platform is now a global reference site for Philips’ own image exchange solution,after Malaffi inked an agreement with Royal Philips, according to an Abu Dhabi Media Office statement. The platform allows medical facilities to swap radiology images and patient records.
Background: Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health (DoH) first launched Malaffi in 2022. The platform’s recent image extension is gridded to 64 of Malaffi’s Abu Dhabi-based healthcare facilities, with the entity planning to onboard all 67 by the end of 1Q 2024.
AGRICULTURE-
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City launched a new indoor vertical farm in collaboration with Singaporean agritech firm Alesca Life, The National reports. The project plans to use automated monitoring systems and machine learning to grow 7.8k kg of leafy greens, lettuce and herbs annually inside two repurposed shipping containers. The farm will require 90-95% less water than conventional farms.
