“ADNOC is playing a leading role, once again, in decarbonizing its oil and gas operations,” OPEC said in a tweet on its official Twitter account.
“By using clean energy sources to power its facilities, it will reduce the carbon intensity of its operations and products,” she added.
OPEC’s praise came as a comment on the launch of Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, head of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), a strategic partnership in clean energy between “ADNOC” and the Water and Electricity Company. UAE.
According to the strategic partnership, which is the largest of its kind in the oil and gas sector, the Emirates Water and Electricity Company will supply ADNOC with the needs of its electrical network through electricity Produced from clean nuclear and solar energy sources, ADNOC will become the first oil and gas company to secure the needs of its operations from zero-emission electric energy, starting from January 2022, consolidating its leading position among the least carbon-intensive oil and gas producers, and supporting its efforts and initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. emissions and enable sustainable growth.
This strategic partnership provides the Emirates Water and Electricity Company with a major consumer of the energy it generates from clean sources, which includes nuclear and solar energy, and supports its efforts to invest in transformative innovations to reduce emissions in the energy sector.
This pioneering partnership is in line with the country’s approach UAE and its strategic initiative to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and its orientation towards a low carbon future.
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