Welcome to the Innovation Center – Abu Dhabi

In October 2022 during the ADIPEC event, Khalifa University of Science and Technology announced to host Siemens Energy’s Abu Dhabi Innovation Center at its Sas Al Nakhl Campus. The Innovation Center will leverage both parties’ strengths, to accelerate the journey to Net Zero, with technology and research co-creation opportunities, knowledge transfer, development of local capabilities, as well as employment opportunities.

The internationally top-ranked university provides a world-class faculty together with state-of-the-art research facilities, that will enhance the Innovation Center’s work on co-creating decarbonization technologies in the areas of Power-to-X, Decarbonized Heat and Industrial Processes, Condition-based Service Interventions, Energy Storage & Fuel Cells, and Block-chain for Energy applications, among others.

In May 2021, Siemens Energy signed a partnership agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) aimed at advancing the global energy transition. Under the agreement, the organizations will strengthen collaboration on the application of technology to advance and deepen the transition to renewable energy around the world.

The wide-ranging scope of collaboration extends to a variety of opportunities including developing the business case for green hydrogen as a major contributor to deep decarbonization, furthering joint efforts to promote heat generation and industrial processes, decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries like cement, steel and petrochemicals, and facilitating private sector investment in the renewables sector.

Siemens Energy, ADNOC, and an independent certification body (TÜV Süd) formed a collaborative partnership to implement a blockchain-based solution for tracking low carbon intensity within the production of blue ammonia using Carbon Capture Technology (CCUS).

Smart sensors connected to the production assets record the CO2 injection and defined steps along the production chain, certifying the creation of Blue Ammonia. The result is a near real-time certification of the ammonia as "blue" based on the amount of captured carbon, ushering in a new era of trust and transparency. Producers now have an indisputable and transparent record of every unit of B, ensuring compliance to regulations, or creating a competitive edge for their products.

The application of distribute ledger technology will enable a highly transparent and trusted digital tracking, monitoring and certification process for low-carbon products and further energy carriers beyond blue ammonia.