What next for the world's greenest city?

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Will Nichols discovers Abu Dhabi is determined not to let teething problems derail Masdar City

Raising a city out of the desert and powering it entirely using renewable energy was always going to be a pretty big ask, and that was before the global property crisis struck, presenting the biggest challenge...

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