Angola and UAE Sign Energy and Waters Agreement - Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum
Abu Dhabi — The
authorities of Angola and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last Monday
signed three agreements in the domain of production, transportation and
supply of electric power and drinkable water.
The memoranda of
understanding were signed by the Angolan minister of Energy and Waters,
João Baptista Borges, and UAE's Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, on the
sidelines of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) being attended by
the Angolan President, João Lourenço.
The minister said
that the agreement aims at the construction of a power production
central in the Angolan eastern province of Moxico, as well as an
electrical system to inter-connect the country's eastern region.
The agreement also
includes the implementation of a desalination system in the Angolan
coastal region with a view to improving the supply of potable water to
the citizens, through the utilisation of low-coast quality technique.
João Baptista
Borges informed that there is also a possibility of investment in
renewable energies, in case the ongoing studies on the issue recommend
it.
The minister
disclosed that Angola, in its capacity as a full member of the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), wants to build in the
coming five years at least 600 megawatts of solar parks, with the
involvement of foreign investment.
As regards this
issue, ANGOP has learnt that Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum has
guaranteed 200 to 300 million dollars funding for the aforementioned
project.
The UAE official
said he hopes Angola is counting on making use of his country's
experience, with emphasis on the desalination system whose taking off is
depending on a viability study that should be concluded this year.
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