SEA president chairs meeting to follow-up NEEAP and NREAP 14 Dec 2020 Views: 607
Manama, Dec. 14 (BNA): Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) President Dr. Abdulhussein bin Ali Mirza chaired the 20th meeting of National Committee to execute and follow up the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) and National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP). Dr.Mirza reviewed the latest developments since the committee’s last meeting, which was the approval of the Cabinet for Bahrain to join as a member of the International Energy Alliance (ISA). In addition to SEA’s technical support by providing the government and private agencies with what is needed to install solar energy systems on their buildings, in order to reduce the costs of electricity consumption, benefit from clean energy and contribute to achieving national energy goals.
The construction of a $40 billion project of the “Southern Gas Corridor” is completed, a 25-year gas supply contracts with European buyers are in force, and a new energy efficiency law is ready to be adopted by the Milli Majlis, the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Bilyana Chobanova is the EU4Energy Project Manager at the International Energy Charter.
Oleksandr Antonenko is the Head of the Energy Efficiency Unit at the International Energy Charter.
Now, new opportunities arose for the energy-rich country that has evolved from a struggling newly independent state to a major regional energy player over the last two decades.