UAE, Irena sign supplementary accord to HQ pact

ABU DHABI / WAM

The UAE and the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), on Monday, signed a supplementary agreement to the headquarters agreement that was signed in 2012 on hosting the Agency’s permanent headquarters in the UAE capital. The new document outlines the specific conditions governing the occupancy by Irena of its headquarters premises
Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and Francesco La Camera, Director-General of Irena, inked the agreement in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, the Permanent Representative of the UAE to Irena.
Highlighting the UAE’s progress in the field of renewable energy, Dr Al Zeyoudi said, “The UAE is strongly committed to increasing the share of renewables in its energy mix through mega-projects, su-ch as the 100MW Shams 1 concentrated solar power plant, the 1.17GW Noor Abu Dhabi, and the 5GW Moha-mmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Guided by the UAE Energy Strategy 2050, the country has broken the world record for the lowest solar energy cost multiple times.”