Gulf countries are moving towards desalination of sea water using renewable energy

ArabiaWeather.com - Roberto de Diego Arozamina, CEO of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy and Environmental Services, stressed the importance of relying on renewable energy in operating seawater desalination plants, especially since these plants consume a large amount of fossil fuels to produce sufficient quantities. of water.

He said that countries that rely on seawater desalination to provide drinking water, especially in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which are among the largest producers of desalinated water in the world, should turn towards renewable energy sources to secure their growing need for water in sustainable ways.

It is noteworthy that the use of renewable energy will contribute to rationalizing the consumption of 17% of the electricity that is generated by relying on oil derivatives in Saudi Arabia and used in desalinating sea water , while the percentage will reach 16% in the UAE by 2025, according to Al-Hayat newspaper.

And Diego indicated that the GCC countries have taken several steps related to the use of solar energy and wind energy to meet the growing demand for energy to operate water desalination plants.

It is noteworthy that the UAE succeeded in operating the first seawater desalination plant based on renewable energy in November 2015, and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research began its research procedures by developing technologies that invest solar energy in seawater desalination, as it signed an agreement with a French research institution specialized in in this field.