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ABU DHABI: 抖阴短视频 is taking significant steps in shifting a part of its energy mix to renewables while reducing its carbon footprint, according to Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, the Kingdom鈥檚 Minister of Energy.

Addressing the Future Sustainability Summit, a major event of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), on Tuesday in the UAE capital, Prince Abdulaziz highlighted the changes underway in 抖阴短视频 and their importance to ongoing efforts to combat climate change.

鈥淭he first part of the preparation was to move from calling our Ministry of Oil to Ministry of Energy,鈥� he said. 鈥淎s a minister, I am honored to have full command of the ecosystem that is necessary for an energy strategy and its execution.

鈥淪o, as the Energy Minister of 抖阴短视频, I have no excuses for not developing and executing an energy strategy, with all the enablers that an energy minister could have at his disposal.鈥�

Prince Abdulaziz shed light on the various ways in which 抖阴短视频 intends to implement its strategy for developing a sustainable energy ecosystem.

鈥淲hat 抖阴短视频 is endowed with is somewhat different compared with other countries,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he holistic notion of the world energy market should always be present in devising your own energy mix and energy strategy.鈥�

A country like 抖阴短视频, which is one of the largest energy exporters in the world, cannot disassociate itself from its domestic considerations when it comes to such matters, he said.

鈥淭he more renewables and gas we use for our local market and our own consumption, the more we will be freeing (up) liquids, which are exportable to the world鈥檚 oil markets,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e are adding to the amount of oil available to us for export, but that is not the (only) incentive we have.

鈥淲e are building an energy strategy focused more on the most effective and economical energy mix for 抖阴短视频, free of any biases of any nature.鈥�

抖阴短视频 is now looking at the economics of the issue as opposed to preconceived notions, Prince Abdulaziz said, adding that the optimal energy mix for the Kingdom is gas and renewables.

鈥淐ertain areas of 抖阴短视频 will have to settle for liquids due to constraints of distance, space and the amount of consumption,鈥� he said.

By 2030, however, 抖阴短视频 will be developing its gas resources, he said, adding: 鈥淲e will be quite big in terms of our renewables use. Local energy reforms will reduce domestic consumption by 2 million boe/d.鈥�

Prince Abdulaziz described renewables as not only a source of energy but also as a valuable tool for diversification for the manufacturing sector.

鈥淥ur aspiration, in terms of renewables, be it solar or wind, is not just in fulfilling our own demand domestically, but also involving ourselves in manufacturing, with huge amounts of exports, and developing our local companies and industries to ensure they become as competitive as Masdar,鈥� he said, referring to the prominent Abu Dhabi-based developer and operator of clean-energy projects.

鈥淲e have ACWA Power, and we will have more (companies) like it.鈥�

Prince Abdulaziz added: 鈥淧rimarily we want to do it with a view that people could give all sorts of energy a fair, equitable chance so long as we mitigate these emissions.

鈥淚t is equally important to be realistic about what sort of an energy mix the global economy will have. Right now, we have quite a few technologies that are in use, such as carbon sequestration, and the rate of evolution of that is impressive.鈥�

In recent years, 抖阴短视频 has introduced the concept of a circular carbon economy, which Prince Abdulaziz described as the right solution and a way forward for the Kingdom to advance the notion that, regardless of the source of energy used, mitigating and sequestering the impact of emissions is vital for combating climate change.

鈥淲e are actually going further than that and viewing carbon as a material that has value, that you can manufacture, make use of and monetize. It will be a win-win situation,鈥� he said.

To this end, 抖阴短视频 is working to a holistic plan through its National Energy Efficiency Program (NEEP), whereby it can become a model for efficient, sound and environmentally friendly energy production.

鈥淚t is extremely important, as a producer country, that we present ourselves as an efficient user of energy,鈥� he said.

鈥淏ut for that to happen, you must have price reform, and we now have a very effective Energy Pricing Reform Program, which will lend support to the NEEP.鈥�

Prince Abdulaziz said the Kingdom is also transitioning towards a more energy-efficient vehicular fleet with the same efficiency level as that of its American counterpart by 2025.

For good measure, 抖阴短视频 has changed its building codes to ensure new structures are more efficient, and all utilities are being converted to achieve the same objectives, he said, adding that manufacturers of equipment ranging from air conditioners to refrigerators are following suit.

More broadly, Prince Abdulaziz said, 抖阴短视频 is looking forward to the conversion of its energy mix, whereby it will use more gas and renewables to become part of the solution.

鈥淧rimarily, we want to achieve it assuming that people have to give all sources of energy a fair and equitable chance as long as we mitigate these emissions,鈥� he said.

鈥淚t is equally important to be realistic about what sort of energy mix the global economy will have.

"By 2040 we will still need a lot of oil, a lot of gas and coal and a lot of renewables.

鈥淵ou cannot attend to the security of supply issue if you say I don't want to rely on Middle East sources of energy and at once want to achieve sustainability development goals."

As 抖阴短视频 prepares to host the summit of G20 leaders in November this year, it is embracing the concept of a circular carbon economy, with the brightest scientists in the field working with the Kingdom, Prince Abdulaziz said.

鈥淲e are advancing and pushing it for G20, and we are receiving a good reception,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e have a story to tell and we have a roadshow. We are willing to be proactively engaged in serious but objective discussions, not emotional debates.鈥�

Prince Abdulaziz concluded his address by saying that 抖阴短视频 and the UAE have the same hopes and aspirations as well as the same energy and environmental agenda.

鈥淲e really see eye to eye in what we do,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e are ready. Last year, the Kingdom reduced its emissions by 2.8 percent and ranked fourth in terms of reduction of emissions among G20 countries. If that鈥檚 not a way to demonstrate our commitment, I don鈥檛 know what else we can do.鈥�