ArabiaWeather.com - The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the UAE has confirmed that the UAE will account for 40% of all jobs related to the renewable and clean energy sector in the Gulf region and the Middle East over the next five years.
And the institute indicated that it had initiated extensive research related to modern technologies used in water desalination that use less electricity and higher productivity, stressing that it had reached the production of a model for water desalination with modern technologies through the desalination plant in Ghantoot, based on renewable energy, which opened in November. November 2015.
He stated that the issue of water desalination represents the main way to secure the UAE's needs for fresh water over the past decades, which consumes a large amount of traditional energy, and needs a long-term solution. As a result of the high level of energy that is consumed in the process of producing potable water.
It is noteworthy that the region needs more than 15,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector, of which the UAE’s share is 6,000 jobs. While the institute indicated that UAE nationals will occupy a significant percentage of these jobs.
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