zero-carbon city by 2016. The city is powered in part by the Masdar City 10MW Solar Power Plant, the first grid-connected renewable energy project in the UAE and the largest of its kind in the Middle East when inaugurated in 2009. An additional 1MW of rooftop PV is located on the buildings developed as phase 1 of Masdar City. Masdar City has a university for artificial intelligence (AI), which was launched 2019. The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is a graduate-level research institution, named after Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. In December 2022 it was announced that the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) would partner under the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) brand to form a global clean energy powerhouse focused on renewable energy and green hydrogen . As per the new shareholder structure, Masdar City would be under Mubadala’s ownership. References External links Energy companies of the United Arab Emirates Renewable energy companies of Asia Renewable energy in the United Arab Emirates Companies based in Abu Dhabi Energy companies established in 2006 Renewable resource companies established in 2006 Emirati companies established in 2006