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Saudi, UAE aim to use renewable energy

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have emphasized their commitment to reduce dependence on fossil fuel and instead focus on renewable energy, Saudi Arabia.
At the World Future Energy Summit 2020 in Abu Dhabi last January 14, Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman and UAE’s Minister of Energy Suhail Al-Mazrouei both agree on the importance of using more renewable energy in the future.
“We are talking about the conversion of our energy mix whereby we will be using more gas and more renewable,” Al Arabiya reported Prince Abdulaziz as saying.
According to a report by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Arabia has earlier started checking out companies that can partner with the government in its national renewable energy program.
Saudi Gazette reported that the Kingdom plans to generate 9.5 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from renewable sources a year by 2023 through 60 projects, involving an estimated investment of between $30 billion and $50 billion.
On the other hand, the UAE, Al-Mazrouei said, plans to make at least 50 percent of its energy to be zero-emission.

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