Barakah: the UAE’s energy game has changed – The National

  • Date: 19-Feb-2020
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:UAE
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Barakah: the UAE’s energy game has changed – The National

The nuclear plant is a symbol of the UAE's commitment to sustainability and self-reliance. Eleven years ago, the first nuclear power plant in the Arab world was a strip of sandy beach.. Generations to come will look back on 2020 in the UAE as the year when the country fired up its first nuclear power station and set the country on a new course of clean consumption. Today, 98 per cent of UAE's energy comes from gas-fired stations.. It is in the interest of the country's future energy security that all eyes are now on the power plant.. The role of nuclear power cannot be understated.. The power plant shows how serious the country is towards diversification of energy sources, of moving towards cleaner energy resources.. There are aspects to Barakah that come second to what it signals for the country's energy needs but it bears mentioning that while its workforce is an impressive 60 per cent Emirati, one fourth of those employees are women, which is the highest for any nuclear power company in the world.. The CO2 savings for Barakah have been calculated at 21 million tonnes a year.. One pellet of uranium, the element used in nuclear