Mubasher: Some Arab oil exporting countries aim to use renewable energy sources in the energy mixture at rates ranging between 4.3% and 40%, said the secretary general of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) Abbas Al-Naqi.
The regional organization prepared a special study on the use of renewable energy in the energy mixture in its member stated, Al-Naqi told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Monday.
Renewable energy and the transfer of its own technology is a strategic choice aimed at diversifying the consumed energy mixture, he added.
The study addresses 6 themes including definition of the status of the Member States in the global energy balance as well as a special focus of energy consumption in these countries, the current mixture of energy, exploring the future prospects of the energy mixture, opportunities for diversity in the mixture and finally findings and recommendations, Al-Naqi pointed out.
