Climate Science: Transitions often brings out creativity, new ideas and solutions
The United Arab Emirates Is sitting on an enormous pool of oil. They are also selling this oil to the market and making enormous amounts of money. However, they are also investing big money in renewables and have a goal of meeting 35% of their energy needs by solar, battery storage, and nuclear by 2030-31. And, it is on a path to meet that goal.
We have all seen photos of photovoltaic [PV] panel installations but this photo of an array of panels stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see is impressive. The article was written by Will Norman and image supplied by Masdar [PVTech, Sept. 3, 2026].
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