Dubai is looking to go green. The United Arab Emirates city said on Monday that it is hoping to generate some five percent of all its power needs from renewable energy sources by 2030. According to the Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council of Energy Mohamed al-Tayer, solar power is to be the top priority in the coming years. “Soon we’ll have a very big project in Dubai in respect to solar,” he told reporters. However, Tayer did not deliver specific details on the projects or say how much projected costs to make it a reality would be. Almost all of Dubai’s current power supply comes from burning natural gas. Dubai’s energy demands spiked during the past decade due to megaprojects and a boom in high-rise buildings that have sprouted up across the city. Officials last year said that they were considering new types of power in a bid to diversify Dubai’s energy sources. Source: Bikya Masr, Image: flickr.com
