The 16th meeting of the expert committee on renewable energy and energy efficiency kicked off at the Arab League General Secretariat's headquarters in Cairo with the participation of Qatar, represented by the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa).
In his speech at the meeting, HE Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Economic Affairs sector in the Arab League ambassador Dr Ali bin Ibrahim al-Malki stressed the significance of the meeting and the matters at hand, in the participation of a group of Arab renewable energy and energy efficiency experts, along with representatives of regional and international organisations.
Al-Malki pointed out that green hydrogen is at the top of the meeting's agenda, noting that the Secretariat of the Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity set the agenda's topics in co-operation with the German government, due to the Council's interest, given the exacerbation of the global energy crisis as well as the Arab strategy for green hydrogen, in addition to energy transition in the Arab region, electric cars, water desalination, and renewable energy. He also indicated that an agreement will be reached at the meeting in relation to the Arab Energy Efficiency Day competition, celebrated annually on May 21. (QNA)
