EU strongly supports Qatar for cooperation in clean energy: Envoy
The Peninsula
Doha: European Union strongly supports complete exchange and cooperation in initiatives with Qatari stakeholders in the field of renewable and clean energy, said H E Dr. Cristian Tudor, EU Ambassador in Kuwait and Qatar. Addressing a webinar yesterday, he said role of hydrogen as a clean fuel has been growing and with lowering cost of solar and wind power, hydrogen is becoming a big game-changer in the green energy.
The webinar was organised by the European Union Delegation to State of Kuwait and the State of Qatar, the EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network, and the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). The webinar titled ‘Hydrogen, the energy carrier of the future’, featured high level participation of Dr. Abdul Sattar Al Taie, Executive Director, QNRF and Frank Wouters, Director, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network. Speaking during the webinar, Dr. Cristian Tudor said, “To support cooperation with Qatar and the GCC on clean energy the EU mobilizes flexible mechanism, the EU-GCC clean energy technology network is one of the most notable of them. This network was created in 2010, which is funded by the EU and has already carried out important activities in Qatar in cooperation with the Qatari authorities and research institutes,” he added.More Related News