Italy, Albania and UAE ink clean energy cooperation deal Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal Wednesday that calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put to use in Albania to produce solar, wind and other renewable energy, some of which would then be transferred to Italy via an underwater cable.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Abu Dhabi to announce the deal, which further cements Italy’s partnership with Albania beyond the migration deal that saw Italy build two migrant detention centers in the Balkan country to process the asylum requests of some migrants.
“The future of energy transition and digitization will thus depend on our ability to strike a balance between sustainability and innovation,” she said, adding that nuclear fusion could be another way to produce clean and safe energy.
Meloni said the three-way arrangement would help Italy meet its long-term electricity needs while honoring its sustainable energy commitments made at U.N. climate conferences.
Sultan al-Jaber, the UAE’s minister of industry and technology, said the deal would help meet the goal of tripling renewable energy.
