Cleantech Cluster  |   Green Living  |   Association with Masdar  |   Access to Markets  |   R&D & Business Incubation  |   BRE

Cleantech Cluster
Masdar city will constitute a Cleantech Cluster where businesses would be able to benefit from accessible

1. Capital

• Availability of capital sources to grow businesses (e.g. Masdar Clean Tech Fund)
• Access to a community of venture capital firms specializing in funding and incubating cleantech

2. Knowledge

• Involvement with leading research institutions and leading industry players
• Continuous formal and informal information sharing across the city

3. Talent

• Access to the expertise of the Masdar Institute's faculty and graduates
• Access to a pool of skilled labor with expertise in cleantech that will be attracted to Masdar City

4. Markets

• Access to extended supply chains through cluster of cleantech companies in Masdar City
• Benefit from the "One-Stop-Shop" approach for cleantech companies

Green Living
Masdar city offers residents and corporate tenants an opportunity to experience green living Masdar can offer its residents:

1. Traditional Arabic design with community spaces and green areas
2. Highly developed mobility solutions ? only 150m from the nearest link
3. Adoption of the "One Planet Living" principles developed by BioRegional and WWF (link to relevant websites)

Masdar can offer its corporate tenants:

1. Fulfill corporate sustainability responsibilities
2. Masdar City is powered by 100% renewable energy sources and committed to zero net waste output
3. The city will contain the latest in green infrastructure (eg. Computing facilities)

Association with Masdar
Tenants at Masdar City will benefit from its association with the Masdar initiative and its partnerships with leading global institutions.

GE, Abu Dhabi firm in $8b joint venture www.ameinfo.com/164288.html

Masdar breaks ground on photovolatic factory in Germany www.ameinfo.com/166720.html

Masdar invests $120m in WinWinD Oy www.ameinfo.com/100531.html

Masdar & Hydrogen Energy clean energy plant in Abu Dhabi www.ameinfo.com/144410.html

Masdar and Bahrain firm strike carbon capture deal www.ameinfo.com/164382.html

UK Government Cooperates with Masdar www.ameinfo.com/174291.html

Access to Markets
The strategic location of Masdar City serves as a potential access point to the UAE, GCC and as a gateway to rapidly expanding markets in Asia such as India and China

R&D and Business Incubation
Masdar City offers unrivaled access to both Research and Development and Business Incubation opportunities through:

1. Access to Masdar Institute (Independent, not-for-profit, research-driven, graduate level institute, Developed in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT)
2. Access to skilled labor from the cleantech cluster
3. availability of leading-edge research facilities
4. Access to resources of capital from the VC community
5. Support from IP rights and legal advice

Masdar City will be and ideal environment to pilot new technologies and test ideas.

Business and Regulatory Environment
Masdar City tenants will benefit from the business and regulatory environment stemming from its free zone status. Masdar City will benefit from:

• 0% taxes for companies and individuals
• 0% import tariffs
• 100% foreign ownership
• Strong IP protection
• No restrictions on capital movement
• Regulations to facilitate quick and easy business setup and registration
• Access to a pool pf low-cost labour
• Access to Abu Dhabi Government?s regional business network