UAE minister hails progress in clean energy sector

UAE minister hails progress in clean energy sector

UAE minister hails progress in clean energy sector

UAE minister hails progress in clean energy sector

UAE minister hails progress in clean energy sector

UAE's Energy Minister Suhail Mohamed Al-Mazrouei. (Reuters)

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UAE minister hails progress in clean energy sector

Al-Mazrouei praises country's partnerships with UK, Israel in discussion on future of renewables

Updated 16 December 2020

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LONDON: Emirati-British ties, and the UAE's new relationship with Israel, will help forge a global path toward a more environmentally friendly future, the UAE's Energy Minister Suhail Mohamed Al-Mazrouei said on Wednesday.

Speaking at a virtual panel hosted by the Emirates Society and attended by Arab News, he was joined by his UK counterpart Kwasi Kwarteng and Mohammed Jameel Al-Ramahi, CEO of Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, a global leader in renewable energy and sustainable urban development. 

Al-Mazrouei said: "In the late 70s, I was living in a tent without electricity. It's quite remarkable what happened to the country in the past 50 years. I think everyone has an appreciation of the value of energy because we were living on kerosene lamps.“

He added: "I think the tendency to use renewable energy is progressing. We're seeing it in the houses we're building as a government, and now we start to integrate solar (energy) into