Bahrain makes strides in renewable energy

MANAMA: Bahrain made notable developments in 2020 in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, establishing and actively promoting the sustainable energy sector. Leading the way is the Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA), which is playing a pioneering role in making the Kingdom a centre of excellence in energy efficiency.

The authority has successfully implemented several initiatives included in the National Renewable Energy Plan and the National Energy Efficiency Plan, while completing and numerous pilot projects in the field of renewable energy, and launching others.

"SEA remains an essential component of achieving the Kingdom's national, regional and international commitments related to sustainable development and efforts to address climate change," Dr Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza, President SEA, tells Abdulaziz Khattak of OGN.

'Industrial autonomy is imperative'

MANAMA: Major oil companies are making efforts to do make a transition to industrial, a journey that must happen, two senior company executives tell Abdulaziz Khattak of OGN.

"Different industries respond in different ways, depending on their objectives, and with some better equipped than the others. In the Middle East, for example, the oil and gas industry wants to become autonomous for several reasons: workers’ safety, not exposing workers to harsh environments in offshore locations, optimising the number of people in operations, getting machines to do repetitive jobs, etc," they say.

Automation is the key strength of Yokogawa, which coined the term, IA2IA (Industrial Automation to Industrial Autonomy), and is now leading the world in that direction.