IRENA: Renewable energy scale-up to reap massive benefits for Gulf states

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Meeting current renewable energy plans and targets in Gulf countries would save 11 trillion litres of water and 400 million barrels of oil, report concludes

Scaling up renewable energy capacity to meet Gulf states' climate targets would result in enormous water and oil savings in the region, cut carbon emissions and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, a...

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