Sunday, June 29, 2014

UAE’s renewable energy goals depend on skilled workforce

By Thilanka Sooriyaarachchi and Dr Toufic Mezher

Within the next seven years, Abu Dhabi plans to get 7 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy. Dubai, meanwhile, plans to get 5 per cent of its power from renewables by 2030.

These goals will not be met without concerted effort. Effective strategies, significant investment, policy support, world class project development, and perhaps most importantly people will have to be in place to m
ake it all work.

We will need people to develop technology and systems, lead projects, run hi-tech facilities, repair machines, provide funding, and even provide critical administrative staff support. No hi-tech facility, however advanced, can run without people in all these roles.

But which people? To help answer that question, I focused my Masdar Institute thesis research on a comprehensive assessment of the UAE’s renewable energy human capital needs.

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http://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/uaex2019s-renewable-energy-goals-depend-on-skilled-workforce#ixzz362IPGlpo
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