KEZAD Group, a subsidiary of AD Ports Group, has signed a landmark 50-year land lease agreement with Broaden Energy to establish the region\u2019s largest hydrogen manufacturing facility in KEZAD Area A (Al Ma\u2019mourah), between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.<\/p>\n
Unveiled at the fourth Make it in the Emirates (MIITE) forum, this first phase of Broaden Energy\u2019s AED 455 million investment marks a major advancement in the UAE\u2019s alternative fuels sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cRenewable energy is crucial to Abu Dhabi\u2019s mission to diversify the energy mix for economic development,\u201d said Abdullah Al Hameli, CEO of Economic Cities and Free Zones.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe partnership with Broaden Energy reinforces our commitment to facilitate manufacturing innovation for the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hydrogen generation<\/strong><\/p>\n The 80,000 sqm site will locally manufacture hydrogen generation, refueling, and storage systems, strengthening the hydrogen supply chain and supporting national decarbonisation goals.<\/p>\n The facility, expected to create 1,000 direct permanent jobs, will deploy sustainable technologies powered by hydrogen, solar and wind energy.<\/p>\n Strategically located near the deep-water Khalifa Port, the project benefits from strong port infrastructure, enabling efficient export logistics and regional distribution.<\/p>\n Adnan Sokolija, CEO of Broaden Energy, added: \u201cWe are committed to developing advanced solutions that align with the nation\u2019s local manufacturing initiatives and contribute to Abu Dhabi\u2019s clean energy development.\u201d<\/p>\n This development will help cement KEZAD\u2019s role as a critical hub in advancing the UAE\u2019s hydrogen economy and future-ready energy landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UAE intends to build the Middle East\u2019s largest hydrogen manufacturing facility, reinforcing the region\u2019s ambition to achieve the alternative fuel and clean energy transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,46],"tags":[2096,891,40,670,2098,2097],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-ad-ports-group","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-energy-transition","tag-hydrogen-manufacture","tag-khalifa-port"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5312,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310\/revisions\/5312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}