The UAE peaceful nuclear program establishes its global leadership with exceptional achievements

Abu Dhabi, April 5 / WAM / The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company, during a decade, has made exceptional achievements that strengthened the UAE’s entrepreneurial position in the global march to move to clean energy sources, and achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

The development of Baraka stations for peaceful nuclear energy and operation within the schedule and the designated budget is one of the most prominent achievements that embodied an important aspect in the Emirati success story in the nuclear energy sector. Annually, which is equivalent to 25% of the demand for electricity in the UAE, in parallel to limiting 22.4 million tons of carbon emissions annually, equivalent to emissions of about 122 countries.

William Magwood, General Manager of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Economic Cooperation and Development Organization, said that the success of the Baraka Nuclear Energy Stations project in the UAE is a testimony that nuclear power plants can be built according to the schedule and within the limits of the specified budget, which supports the path towards a sustainable energy future.

He praised the commitment of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company and its companies to build human capabilities and enhance the balance between males and females in the nuclear energy sector.

The UAE experience in the nuclear energy sector won a global estimate that was manifested in the presidency of His Excellency Mohamed Al Hammadi, Managing Director and CEO of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company for the World Nuclear Organization since April 2024, as well as the International Organization for Nuclear operators for the period between 2022 and 2024, along with its membership in the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Center of the International Organization of Nuclear Virtues, and membership of a company’s board of directors Terabor specializing in the development of mini nuclear reactors models.

In parallel, during the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change “COP 28” hosted by the state in the late 2023, the efforts made by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company led to the establishment of the Middle East branch of the “Women in Nuclear Energy”, the first of its kind in the region, which focuses on a common goal of exchanging knowledge and experiences, enhancing a culture of excellence and raising awareness of the importance and benefits of nuclear energy to, to As well as enhancing gender balance in this sector, as the organization includes approximately 4,800 members in more than 107 countries.

During the same conference, Emirates Nuclear Energy Company and the International Nuclear Operator gathered, during the same conference, the world experts at a nuclear energy summit, and the subsequent launch of the “Nuclear Energy for Climate Standardization” initiative, which achieved great success, represented in the pledge of 31 countries until the moment to double the production capacity of nuclear energy 3 times by 2050, which was followed by a similar procedure by 14 banks and 120 international companies, including giant companies such as Amazon Microsoft, Google and others.

These efforts confirmed the correctness of the Emirati advising vision in the energy sector, which is a modern life nerve and ensuring its sustainable future. The International Energy Agency stated in its latest reports that global energy demand witnessed an annual increase than average by 2.2% in 2024; Global electricity consumption increased by about 1,100 Teroes per hour, or 4.3%, and one of the most prominent reasons for the acute increase in electricity consumption in the world last year was the amazing growth of data and artificial intelligence centers.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company continues its efforts to contribute a pioneering manner in the growth of nuclear energy worldwide, to fulfill the increasing demand for electricity by data and artificial intelligence centers, through partnerships with major companies in the world to explore investment opportunities and develop advanced nuclear energy technologies, and at the same time the participation of its expertise and knowledge with new nuclear energy projects around the world, by establishing a new strategic arm of the company, Emirates Energy Company Nuclear – Consulting.

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