UAE targets clean projects at 50% of energy mix by 2050

UAE targets clean projects at 50% of energy mix by 2050

Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, also said the Gulf state would start revising its energy strategy at the beginning of 2023 to align it with the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050

Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said the review of the energy strategy includes the expansion of renewable energy and the implementation of new projects in areas such as hydrogen energy, hydropower and waste-to-energy conversion. — Wam

By Wam Published: Sun 30 Oct 2022, 5:39 PM

The UAE aims to increase clean projects’ share of its energy mix to 50 per cent by 2050, state news agency Wam cited its energy minister as saying on Sunday.

Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, also said the Gulf state would start revising its energy strategy at the beginning of 2023 to align it with the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

The minister also confirmed that the ministry intends to start the first review of the energy strategy at the beginning of next year 2023 in line with the UAE strategic initiative to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 in order to explore more solutions