Masdar, UAE launches facility for uninterrupted production of 1GW renewable energy

The chairman of Masdar, a state-owned renewables company in the UAE, announced on Tuesday that the firm has opened a facility to produce clean energy at a rate of 1 gigawatt per hour.

At the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week opening, Sultan Al Jaber - who is also the UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and the Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), called the project an important step in the transformation of renewable energy into baseload electricity.

This will be the first time renewable energy has been transformed into baseload power. Al Jaber stated that it is a small step which could lead to a huge leap.

How can we power an ever-awake world with energy sources which do sleep? How can renewable resources be transformed into reliable energy? Al Jaber announced the project by saying, "Today...we have a solution."

Al Jaber stated that energy-hungry apps like ChatGPT may lead to an increase of 250% in energy demand, reaching 35,000GW by 2050. He added that this highlights the need for a variety of energy sources to meet unprecedented demand.

(source: Reuters)