UAE Targets Producing Hydrogen from Fossil Fuel

UAE Targets Producing Hydrogen from Fossil Fuel

The United Arab Emirates is seeking to shift towards producing hydrogen from sources of fossil fuel, which currently costs about $1.50/kg, said UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei on Monday.

The UAE is committed to help in finding new global solutions to the energy sector-related challenges through partnerships, knowledge exchange and capacity building, he affirmed.

Clean energy is an essential part of the future energy mix, which the UAE takes into account when formulating national strategies and legislations, he explained during the inauguration of the virtual edition of the Middle East Energy Expo 2021.

“Therefore, the state was keen to launch the first unified energy strategy, the National Energy Strategy 2050, on which the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure is working to update.”

The UAE is aiming through its strategy to rationalize individual and institutional energy consumption behavior by 40 percent by the year 2050.

According to the minister, the UAE is targeting diversifying the future energy mix so that reliance on nuclear energy will account for six percent, 12 percent from clean coal, 38 percent from gas and 44 percent from renewable energy by 2050. It also aims to raise the contribution of clean energy in the total energy mix produced to 50 percent.

The strategy