The Middle East’s
1. Jasim Husain Thabet
Designation: Group CEO & Managing Director
Company: TAQA Group
Established: 2005
Headquarters: U.A.E.
TAQA Group’s generation business operates in seven countries, excluding Masdar projects, with a gross power capacity of 24.15 gigawatts. In 2023, the TAQA Group reduced its scopes 1 and 2, and scope 3 emissions by 11% and 13%, respectively. In November 2023, ahead of COP28, the group, in partnership with Masdar, EDF Renewables, JinkoPower, and the Emirates Water and Electricity Company, inaugurated one of the world’s largest single-site solar power plants in Al Dhafra of 2.1 GW capacity. In January 2024, TAQA Group, Vision Invest, and GIC won a $408.4 million Juranah Independent Strategic Water Reservoir Project in Makkah.