Energy Minister: Saudi Arabia makes key progress in green energy transition – Saudi Gazette

Energy Minister: Saudi Arabia makes key progress in green energy transition – Saudi Gazette

Saudi Gazette report

SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Friday that Saudi Arabia has made major progress in the transition to green energy.

"Every year we will get greener as we go forward," he said while listing the achievements made so far by the Kingdom in this regard.

The minister made the remarks while addressing the opening session of the Saudi Green Initiative 2022 Forum being held on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The theme of the two-day session of the second edition of the forum is “From ambition to action.”

Prince Abdulaziz said the Kingdom aspires to achieve net-zero emissions ahead of schedule. “The Kingdom’s climate goal is to reach net zero carbon emissions in 2060, and this depends on technology,” he said, while noting that Saudi Arabia hopes to achieve this sooner. The Kingdom currently has projects to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent.

“We will question other countries of the world for what they offer because we want others to match us and direct their money to support the causes that they claim,” he pointed out.

Prince Abdulaziz said Saudi Aramco has the lowest level of methane