Arabs urged to adopt solar energy plan

OPEC member Algeria’s plan to generate solar power for export and domestic use is an excellent innovation that other Arab states would do well to emulate, according to a renewable energy advocacy group.

Wolfgang Palz of the Germany-based World Council for Renewable Energy said Arab states had been “left behind” in the Western-led race for alternatives to fossil fuels but could catch up because they had the necessary educational base.
“For modern types of renewable energies like wind energy, the leadership is right now in Europe, California and Texas,” Palz, an engineer and physician by training.

“Arab countries have been left behind a bit, and it’s very important now that political decisions are being taken to catch up with the rest of the world because Arab countries have resources – the intellectual resources — to do this.

“We think that in the long run all renewable energies will be greatly needed because fossil and atomic energy will be progressively exhausted and disappear.”

Arabian Business