{
  "id": 4626479,
  "title": "UAE’s renewable energy capacity grows more than 6,000% in 10 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/uaes-renewable-energy-capacity-grows-more-than-6-000-in-10-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:33:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/energy/uaes-renewable-energy-capacity-grows-more-than-6000-in-10-years-1.500658052"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The UAE's renewable energy capacity has grown more than 63-fold over the past decade, rising from 129 megawatts in 2015 to over 8.2 gigawatts in 2025, according to Sharif Al Olama, Undersecretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. Clean energy accounted for 32.4 percent of electricity generation in 2025, with the UAE targeting a 35 percent share by 2031. The ministry is working to diversify the energy mix, improve the national electricity grid, and develop the electricity market, with projects including the launch of the Emirates Monitoring Centre and studies on renewable energy management.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}