Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 20

16-May-2011

UAE

BP Hydrogen Plant On Ice, Abu Dhabi Struggles To Meet Renewables Target

BPs $2bn, 400mw Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi (HPAD) project has been put on ice, MEES learns. Originally scheduled for start-up in 2015, construction contracts still have not been awarded the design was finished in 2009. In part the setback is due to a failure in Abu Dhabi to agree a price for the planned plants CO2 emissions and to coordinate the laws, policies and...