The UAE establishes its position as a driving force to shift towards clean energy

The UAE has established its global position as a driving force to shift towards clean energy, through its advanced projects that contribute to enhancing energy security.

The permanent representative of the state at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Dr. Nawal Al -Hosani, confirmed in a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), that the UAE continues to enhance the global trend towards investing in more clean energy projects through its strategic partnerships, supportive platforms, and solutions Financing for sustainable initiatives, especially in climate and fragile societies.

The UAE continues the march of achievements at the level of strategic projects in the field of clean energy, as the first weeks of this year witnessed the announcement of the launch of the largest and first project of its kind in the world that combines solar energy and energy storage batteries, which will provide renewable energy 24 hours, and contribute to Providing about “one gigatomic daily” of the basic pregnancy of renewable energy, and it includes a solar PV station with the capacity of “five GB continuous stream”, and batteries to store energy with a capacity of 19 gigatts/hour, and the UAE is preparing to enhance its production portfolio of clean energy, after completion The expected for the Ajban PV station in the third quarter of 2026.

The UAE currently owns three of the largest solar power plants in the world, and aims to achieve a production capacity of clean energy at a rate of 14.2 GW by 2030.

From the “Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Energy Complex”, which illuminates a sustainable solar card, to Baraka nuclear energy stations that draw the features of a new era of clean electricity, to the “green hydrogen” initiatives that look forward to future fuel, the UAE continues to enhance the portfolio of its largest and most efficient projects In the world, to paint the features of a sustainable future that combines innovation and protecting the environment and societies.

In turn, the “Baraka” stations, which to date, produced about 88 thousand gigawatts of environmentally friendly electricity, play a decisive role in putting the UAE in the introduction to the Climate Work Command, as the four stations have contributed since their operation so far to reducing carbon emissions up to more than 43 thousand kilos of emissions.