Vision of carbon neutrality and zero-waste
Will test and commercialize sustainable energy and technologies
Has opened a science & technology university
Hosts HQ of the International Renewable Energy Agency
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A Mideast Eco-City
Vision of carbon neutrality and zero-waste Will test and commercialize sustainable energy and technologies Has opened a science & technology university Hosts HQ of the International Renewable Energy Agency |
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Items in Reverse Date Order ↑ • Threads in date order ↓ Green = Dead Link Queen Beatrix visits Masdar, rides PRT 1-9-2012
Renewables deal signed with Scotland 1-9-2012 UAE 40th National Day extravaganza -- IRENA and 'dancing pods' prominently featured: Video (segment at 1:31:30) 12-2-2011 One year since launch of Masdar PRT 12-1-2011 Abu Dhabi is reviewing Masdar, has struggled to attract tenants; centralizing process used by state-owned companies to issue bonds. 5-23-2011
Crown prince Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan hires Blackwater/Xe founder to create
private non-Muslim army
• NY Times: "Secret Desert Force" 5-14-2011 • The Nation: Erik Prince no Indiana Jones 5-16-2011 • Video: Democracy Now report | Mobile 6-17-2010 PRT operated over-capacity at the first public Market Day; 3600 passengers, 99.4% availability. 5-10-2011 Guardian writer's Thumbs Down to Masdar PRT: "A modern mirage" 5-10-2011 Citywide PRT at Masdar called "unsuitable": Masdar "aims to help put others in the shade". Representatives of Foster+Partners, UITP and Dubai RTA are mentioned in story 4-8-2011 First of 177 foundations for London offshore array installed 3-8-2011
Podcars at Masdar Institute Emmanuelle Landais
Editor's Blog: Fate of Masdar PRT not yet final 3-3-2011 Biofuels from Seawater Agriculture possible without competing for fresh water or land 1-22-2011
More WFES media ride the PRT (1-19-2011):
Gunther and The Australian both trace scaleback of the Masdar PRT network to cancelation of the citywide podium (platform), containing the 'undercroft,' due to the global financial crisis. Since the PRT runs inside the undercroft, the undercroft is effectively the PRT guideway. Masdar's designers were unwittingly responsible for the most expensive PRT guideway ever planned.
Handheld video of PRT in operation (2011 WFES tours) (1-18-2011):
Blip.tv page Triple Pundit article Mitsubishi electric car fleet to be piloted. The UAE news agency reports the pilot will "test the feasibility of EV technology as a point-to-point transportation solution for Masdar City." "Point-to-point" confirms Masdar is willing to sacrifice the original goal of having all surface streets carless for walkability, and narrow to provide shade (i.e. modeled on traditional mideast architecture). 1-15-2011 Masdar City PRT "coolest thing ever". Professional poker player Adam Levy says he got lost while trying to find the Abu Dhabi airport, when he saw Masdar City and decided to visit. In a nighttime video recorded while looking for the PRT, Levy tells viewers "you couldn't ask to walk down something cooler." He keeps the camera running as he descends to the undercroft level (:01:05), encounters a friendly station attendant, and boards a podcar (:02:00) which he pronounces "unbelievable" and "so cool." Levy is clearly delighted during the short ride to the K-13 parking facility -- calling the Burj Kalifa, the world's tallest building, "not nearly as cool" as the PRT (:05:15). 1-2-2011
Mobile version The world is beginning to show up at Masdar City, including Norwegian eco-investor Petter Stordalen and his wife Gunhild Melhus, PhD. 12-6-2010
Mobile version "World's Most Futuristic City" -CNN, Quest Means Business. 12-6-2010 Flickr photostream coverage: EPFL Organicités Studios; Trevor.Patt; Mark Meagher Formal opening of Masdar Institute campus. Too bad the Masdar PRT will only ever be a 10-pod pilot project. 11-24-2010 More transparent energy goals 11-22-2010 MIST Phase II started 11-12-2010 Clive Owen tours Masdar by PRT:
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Video: In and around Masdar City
"Building green in Abu Dhabi's desert" (Al Jazeera) 10-15-2010 Editor's Blog: It's official- Masdar won't be car-free 10-10-2010
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