- ABU DHABI: The head of a new international agency designed to promote renewable energy says consumers are beginning to look again at alternative sources of power in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis.
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s director-general, Adnan Amin, said all countries need to examine their needs to determine whether nuclear plants should be part of their energy mix.
He made clear that the agency’s clean-energy mandate does not include promotion of nuclear power.
That puts it at odds with the UAE, the host nation for its headquarters, which is making atomic power a centerpiece of its energy policy.
Amin spoke at the end of the agency’s first assembly meeting in Abu Dhabi.