Despite their vast oil reserves, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are poised for “green revolutions” set to transform the Gulf’s energy landscape.
The two states have made major strides recently in using clean renewable energies.
In the middle of oil-rich Abu Dhabi, a sandy stretch near the emirate’s airport is a field of solar panels so vast that it could easily blanket several football pitches.
Bader al-Lamki, head of clean energy at Masdar, the state-controlled company that built this solar plant to power Masdar City, recently told the Financial Times that investing in renewable energies was “a necessity.”
