(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-20 16:06

ABU DHABI -- A company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) vowed to build the world's greenest city with zero- carbon, zero-waste and car-free, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported on Sunday.

Under a Sustainability Action Plan, UAE's Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) will finish the project by 2015 with its partner and adviser, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), an international nongovernmental organization.

The six-square-kilometer project, named "Masdar City", will be located near Abu Dhabi International Airport, and is claimed to be the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste and car-free city.

Masdar City's electricity will be generated by photovoltaic panels, while cooling will be provided via concentrated solar power.

According to the report, the city's water will be provided through a solar-powered desalination plant. Landscaping within the city and crops grown outside it will be irrigated with grey water and treated waste water produced by the city's water treatment plant.

Masdar City is part of the Masdar Initiative, which was launched in April 2006 by the Abu Dhabi government to foster the development and commercialization of advanced and innovative technologies in renewable, alternative and sustainable energies.