51% owned by the government of Abu Dhabi TAQA provides over 85% of the water and electricity produced in the Emirate. Barker-Homek, has been officially nominated ‘CEO of the Year’ for the Platts 2007 Global Energy Awards and TAQA is thought to be the first Middle East-headquartered company to be considered for any of the awards. Q3 results for 2007 have continued to show marked increases to US$668m, up 181% from the same period in 2006.