7th AUE conference to explore common Arab market for electricity – The Peninsula

7th AUE conference to explore common Arab market for electricity – The Peninsula

A common Arab market for electricity and renewable energy will be among major issues on the agenda of discussion at the 7th General Conference of the Arab Union of Electricity (AUE), which opens in Doha today.

Under the patronage of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, the three-day event will be organised by Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) in cooperation with the Arab Union of Electricity and QatarEnergy, under the theme ‘A Shared Vision Towards a Brighter Future for Electricity in the Arab World’.

High-level Arab ministerial delegations, led by ministers of electricity and energy, will participate in this edition of the conference in the presence of Chairman of the Board of Directors of AUE, Eng. Abdel Rahim Hafidi.

The conference will be inaugurated by Minister of State for Energy Affairs H E Eng. Saad Sherida Al Kaabi and President of Kahramaa, Eng. Issa bin Hilal Al Kuwari.

The meetings of the 14th session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity and the 37th meeting of the Executive Office of the Arab Ministerial Council of Electricity will be held under the activities of the conference. Addressing a press conference yesterday, Eng. Dr.