Kuwait- AREC seeks technical criteria for renewable energy firms
Date
12/17/2015 8:55:30 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) AMMAN Dec 17 (KUNA) -- The Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC) has recommended setting technical criteria for registering companies in the field so as to guarantee quality of services.The recommendations were made by the end of a three-day forum on investment in renewable energy in the Arab World held in Amman attended by representatives from Kuwait Jordan Saudi Arabia the Sudan UAE Lebanon Palestine and Oman together with foreign experts.The forum reiterated the importance of specialized companies getting involved in renewable energy as well as issuing the necessary legislations to guarantee rights of both personnel and consumers Director of Technical Control Planning and Training Sector Ministry of Electricity and Water Eng. Iqbal Al-Tayyar told KUNA.In addition participants formed a committee and tasked it with founding a regional training center for renewable energy and energy efficiency Al-Tayyar said. The committee includes representatives from Kuwait Jordan UAE Oman Turkey and the Netherlands.The would-be center will be entrusted with the promoting the region's abilities in the field of renewable energy as well as enhancing the concept of specialization in the sector. A second committee was formed to encourage investment in the field.For her part head of the environment committee at the Kuwait Society of Engineers Asmaa Al-Enzi reviewed means of benefiting from waste in organic agriculture. She stressed the significance of educating pupils on the importance of preserving the environment and on renewable energy.Experiments of Kuwaiti youth in the field of environmental work were reviewed during the event she added. (end) mjb.ab.msa
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