Wide Gulf between rhetoric and reality over fossil fuels and renewables' future

By Peter Hannam
January 22 2017 - 12:15am
Ali Alzaabi, an engineer at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park near Dubai. Photo: Peter Hannam
Ali Alzaabi, an engineer at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park near Dubai. Photo: Peter Hannam
Khalid al-Falih, Saudi's oil minister and OPEC chief, speaks at the World Future Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Peter Hannam
Khalid al-Falih, Saudi's oil minister and OPEC chief, speaks at the World Future Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Peter Hannam
Oil's well that ends well? Gulf states hedge bets a bit on oil's future. Photo: Peter Hannam
Oil's well that ends well? Gulf states hedge bets a bit on oil's future. Photo: Peter Hannam

Ali Alzaabi could have followed the well-trodden path of other young mechanical engineers in the United Arab Emirates and joined the oil and gas industry.

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