The Abu Dhabi government commissioned a study in 2007 to address the simple but important question of how much electricity the UAE would require to power its future. growth, increased industrial activity, and significant infrastructure developments were all factored into the estimates. Cities were booming at a rate few nations had ever seen, desalination plants were sprouting, and aluminum smelters were going online.
According to demand-side management research projecting population growth from 2007 to 2020, 40,000 megawatts would be required by then, Talal Al Kaissi, CEO of Core42 and Acting Chief Global Affairs Officer at G42, told Khaleej Times.
You were only going to achieve about 20,000 with the production capacity that was available at the time. AI, which would have given us the advantage we have today, was unimaginable. population expansion and the development of industrial capability. “That was the computation,” he continued.
One choice was natural gas. Solar was another, although it was more difficult to supply the anticipated demand on its own at the time due to panel efficiency and scale. The notion quickly gained traction when nuclear was brought up as a solution to a significant industrial issue.
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