The UAE and Saudi Arabia Lead the Way on Central Asian Energy Pivot

Masdar, the United Arab Emirates’ renewables developer, and its Saudi peer, ACWA Power, are leading the two OPEC members’ clean energy projects in energy-rich Central Asia, a new frontier for petrostates looking to advance their net-zero agendas in the wake of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, in Dubai.

Gulf-Central Asia Climate Cooperation

The UAE and Saudi Arabia already have strong ties with two Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, both of which are members of OPEC+, the coalition of oil producers…