Arab nations are showing considerable progress in the renewable energy sector as renewable energy generation projects in the Arab countries are expected to reach nearly 92 percent of the region’s total targets by 2030. This was disclosed by the Global Energy Monitor report.
The Arab region currently produces more than 12 GW of wind and solar energy, the report said.
“In 2013, the Arab League clean energy initiative pledged to increase the region’s installed renewable power generation capacity from 12 GW to 80 GW by 2030,” said the report.
The report noted that Arab countries are constructing solar and wind energy plants with a total capacity of 73.4 GW, which is nearly five times the region’s current renewable energy production.These projects include 114 solar power plants and 45 wind power plants.
The report also said that Egypt produces the most renewable energy with 3.5 GW, followed by the UAE with 2.6 GW, Morocco with 1.9 GW, Jordan with 1.7 GW, and Saudi Arabia with 0.78 GW.
It may be noted that the UAE leads the region in utility-scale solar energy generation, with 2.6 GW of capacity. Egypt is the region’s wind leader, with 1.6 GW of electricity generated by wind farms.Oman, Morocco, and Algeria, on the other hand, are pursuing more than 39.7 GW of potential solar and wind energy projects.
These countries are expected to top the list of renewable energy producers in the near future, the report pointed out.and wind farms accounting for 4.7 GW .
However,the less developed Arabian nations moving steadily towards renewable energy have set an example for other oil rich nations such Saudi, UAE amongst others.
