Dubai, UAE — Sept. 2026 — The UAE’s renewable energy capacity has grown more than 63-fold over the past decade, rising from 129 megawatts in 2015 to over 8.2 gigawatts in 2025, according to Sharif Al Olama, undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure for Energy and Petroleum Affairs.
Speaking to the Emirates News Agency, Al Olama said clean energy now accounts for 32.4 percent of the UAE’s electricity production, with a target of 35 percent by 2031.
In 2025, clean sources, including nuclear, solar, wind, and waste-to-energy, generated 62.4 gigawatt-hours of electricity, with installed clean power capacity reaching 13,805 megawatts. Total electricity generation hit 192,735 gigawatt-hours against consumption of 174,524 gigawatt-hours.
The UAE ranked third globally in electricity access, quality, and reliability, and second in energy transition and per capita solar consumption.
Key 2025 milestones included Cabinet ratification of the Arab Common Electricity Market agreements, an agreement with India on electrical interconnection, completion of the National Electricity Grid Control Center, and a Siemens-backed study on renewable energy management.
The ministry also advanced EV battery recycling and green industrial transformation projects, and won a Best Project award in e-science at the World Summit on the Information Society for its unified energy data platform.
Al Olama said the ministry will continue working with partners to boost energy security and efficiency in support of the UAE’s clean energy and climate neutrality goals.
