Adnoc and Tabreed assess more UAE sites for geothermal energy-driven cooling plants – The National

Adnoc and Tabreed assess more UAE sites for geothermal energy-driven cooling plants – The National

Adnoc and the National Central Cooling Company, better known as Tabreed, have started operations at their geothermal energy-fed district cooling plant at Masdar City and have identified more sites to replicate the project at a larger scale in the UAE, the companies' senior executives said.The region's first such plant decarbonises the way buildings are cooled in Abu Dhabi green city Masdar and will help in diversifying the UAE’s energy mix in line with the country’s National Energy Strategy, the companies said.“There is more opportunity inside Masdar City and that's one of the areas. There are also large … areas that we've identified inside Abu Dhabi and, of course, across the UAE as well,” Sophie Hildebrand, chief technology officer at Adnoc, told a media briefing on Monday.“Tabreed is a global company and they have a global reach, so the two of us together, we see great opportunity here for leveraging this technology further to help countries meet their net-zero goals,” Ms Hildebrand said of the potential of replicating the project's success beyond the UAE.The G2COOL plant is funded through Adnoc’s initial Dh55 billion ($15 billion) allocation towards low carbon solutions aimed at achieving net zero by 2045.Adnoc has successfully “proven the