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Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala to develop electric car charging stations with France’s ENGIE

The UAE is in the early stages of a transition from oil and gas to cleaner energy sources.

Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on March 20, 2017.
Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on March 20, 2017, at the solar plant in Dubai. Dubai completed a solar plant big enough to power 50,000 homes as part of a plan to generate three-quarters of its energy from renewables by 2050. — STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images

The Emirati sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company signed a memorandum of understanding today with the French energy company ENGIE related to electric vehicles. 

Per the agreement, Mubadala and ENGIE will work to develop a “digital platform” for charging electric vehicles in Abu Dhabi. The platform will relate to the installation and operation of charging infrastructure for the vehicles, the official Emirates News Agency reported

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