Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will travel to Abu Dhabi next
week to sign a landmark deal on renewables with state-backed green
energy developer Masdar.
The
deal, which will be signed next Tuesday at the World Future Energy
Summit, will see Scotland work with Masdar on the development of green
energy products.
“This landmark deal rightly puts Scotland firmly
at the forefront of the green energy revolution,” says Salmond. “This is
the first agreement of its kind between Masdar and an individual nation
and will work towards developing further university research into
renewable energy.”
Salmond was in Abu Dhabi six weeks ago meeting
with Masdar CEO Sultan Al Jaber and visiting the organisation’s ‘city in
the desert’ development.
Out of that meeting has come the
agreement announced today, and further deals are expected next week,
including new direct air routes by Middle Eastern airlines into and out
of Scotland.
Scotland’s efforts under the deal – although not yet
well defined – will be led by the Energy Technology Partnership, an
alliance of 12 Scottish universities with around 250 academics and 600
researchers undertaking energy research.
Sultan Al Jaber says the partners will work together on a number of renewable energy initiatives.
“We
discussed a number of areas of collaboration and I look forward to
working closely with [First Minister Salmond] over the coming months to
move these ideas forward. Scotland is a leading player in the renewable
energy field and we are delighted to combine our knowledge and
experience through this mutual and beneficial partnership.”
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