{"id":55413,"date":"2025-12-29T08:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/abu-dhabis-renewable-giant-masdar-expands-into-malaysia\/29\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:55:04","slug":"abu-dhabis-renewable-giant-masdar-expands-into-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/abu-dhabis-renewable-giant-masdar-expands-into-malaysia\/29\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi&#8217;s renewable giant Masdar expands into Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Abu Dhabi renewable energy giant Masdar will develop a 200-megawatt floating solar power plant at the Chereh dam in Malaysia \u2014 the first fruit of a 10-gigawatt roadmap agreed with the Malaysian Investment Development Authority in 2023.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Once complete, it will be the largest floating solar plant in Southeast Asia, able to power more than 100,000 homes. Masdar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/masdar.ae\/en\/news\/newsroom\/masdar-announces-inaugural-malaysian-project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:entry into Malaysia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">entry into Malaysia<\/a> adds to a global portfolio which now stretches across more than 40 countries \u2014 part of a wave of international projects by Gulf developers, with other key actors including Dubai-based Amea Power and Saudi Arabia\u2019s ACWA Power.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Many more deals need to follow if Masdar is to reach its target of delivering 100 gigawatts of clean energy by 2030. At the start of the year, a senior executive told Semafor it needed to add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/01\/24\/2025\/masdar-plans-to-triple-renewable-capacity-by-2030\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:200 megawatts every week;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">200 megawatts every week<\/a> until the of the decade \u2014 equivalent to another Chereh dam plant every seven days.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-1ems0tc\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-lglytj loader\" style=\"--max-height: 767px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-lglytj\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 800 \/ 767; --img-max-width: 800px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"yf-1ems0tc\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->chart showing Masdar\u2019s renewable energy target<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/author\/dominic-dudley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dominic Dudley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dominic Dudley<\/a><\/span><!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/abu-dhabis-renewable-giant-masdar-123815018.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abu Dhabi renewable energy giant Masdar will develop a 200-megawatt floating solar power plant at the Chereh dam in Malaysia &mdash; the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/abu-dhabis-renewable-giant-masdar-expands-into-malaysia\/29\/12\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/7hnwTrIp8VkJKOAIBRVdTA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/semafor_310\/9a5869607cf641e186374c2dfdfcdfd4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}