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ADNOC, its international investment arm XRG and clean energy champion Masdar announced a series of strategic agreements with German partners on Thursday that together hold the potential to generate more than €5 billion in new investment while deepening ties between the UAE and Europe’s largest economy. The pacts, which span liquefied natural gas, renewable power, low-carbon materials and digital technologies, were signed during the state visit by President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and form part of a broader commitment that includes €40 billion in intended long-term UAE investment in Germany. In a joint statement the three Abu Dhabi companies said the deals combine UAE energy expertise and patient capital with German industrial and engineering strengths to drive mutual economic growth.
ADNOC and RWE Supply & Trading signed a letter of intent to advance up to two long-term LNG sales and purchase agreements, building on a strategic collaboration reached in February 2026, according to the companies’ announcement. The parties will work toward deliveries into Germany and other European markets as well as Asian customers, with supply expected to begin in the early 2030s from ADNOC Gas and XRG’s expanding portfolio that includes projects in the UAE, the United States, Mozambique and Argentina. ADNOC, XRG and Securing Energy for Europe also concluded a memorandum of understanding to explore cooperation across gas supply, infrastructure, logistics and portfolio optimisation aimed at bolstering European energy security, the statement added.
Fertiglobe, ADNOC’s nitrogen fertiliser and low-carbon ammonia producer, reached an agreement with Covestro and MB Energy to examine collaboration on developing low-carbon ammonia supply chains into Germany, the three Abu Dhabi entities reported. The understanding seeks to support sustainable materials development and aligns with XRG’s existing stake in Covestro, a leading German polymer manufacturer. Such linkages illustrate how the new pacts extend prior industrial investments into future-oriented value chains.
Masdar and RWE agreed to consider joint participation in forthcoming German offshore wind auctions while Masdar and Luxcara signed a strategic partnership to pursue joint investments in offshore wind and battery storage projects across Germany and wider Europe, according to the joint statement. These renewable-energy initiatives build directly on Masdar’s earlier stake in the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, which supplies electricity to roughly 475,000 German households. The companies noted that the understandings could accelerate Germany’s energy transition by integrating variable renewables with flexible storage solutions.
ADNOC further signed strategic collaboration agreements with Bosch Middle East, Siemens Energy and Siemens Industrial to explore opportunities in advanced technology, artificial intelligence and industrial decarbonisation, the announcement stated. The three pacts aim to harness German engineering know-how and UAE digital capabilities to enhance efficiency across energy systems. Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who serves as ADNOC managing director and group chief executive, XRG executive chairman and Masdar chairman, said in the statement, “The UAE and Germany are building on decades of trusted partnership to advance economic growth and shared prosperity for the long-term. The additional €40 billion of intended long-term investments announced this week, together with the agreements Adnoc, XRG and Masdar signed today with our German partners, build on our investments across Germany’s energy and industrial landscape and mark another step forward in greater co-operation that will create new opportunities for both countries.”
The fresh understandings add to more than €20 billion that ADNOC, XRG and Masdar have already deployed across Germany’s energy and industrial base, including XRG’s €14.7 billion investment in Covestro completed late last year. ADNOC currently holds 1.6 million tonnes per annum of long-term LNG supply agreements serving the German market and delivered the first Middle East LNG cargo to the country in 2023, according to the companies’ figures. German authorities have welcomed the latest wave of Gulf capital as Berlin seeks to diversify energy sources and strengthen industrial competitiveness following the loss of Russian pipeline gas.
The agreements were announced alongside a joint UAE-German declaration that also covered cooperation in data-centre infrastructure, artificial intelligence research and a new bilateral investment council intended to streamline future private-sector flows. Industry analysts tracking European LNG imports note that German utilities have steadily increased contracted volumes from non-Russian suppliers since 2022, a trend the latest ADNOC and XRG deals are positioned to support over the coming decade.
