RIYADH: A high-level Saudi delegation participated in the 6th session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) General Assembly, which ended in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

The Saudi participation was aimed at exploring opportunities and seeking cooperation from member countries to diversify its energy sources and achieve vision 2032, whose objective is to replace 50 percent of dependence on fossil fuel with the eco-friendly renewed energy.

The Kingdom was led by Waleed Husain Abu Alfaraj, vice-president of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, who participated in the ministerial meetings held during this session, said K.A.CARE media department here.

"The Kingdom had many interjections at the meetings during the significant session and the vice president, and his accompanying delegation discussed various ways of cooperation with other countries through meetings held on the sidelines of the IRENA General Assembly," the department stated.

It added that the Kingdom's participation in the sixth session is in continuity with the previous participation at the sessions held annually to get acquainted with the plans of member countries in the field of renewable energy and to benefit from the experiences and existing projects by exchanging practical experiences to this effect.

The session is an important part and helps in drafting resolutions and drawing strategic trends and policies of IRENA, which believes that increasing use of the renewable energy will help immensely in achieving much needed emission reductions.

The IRENA meet highlighted that countries can deliver on the promises of the historic climate change agreement reached at the recent Paris summit by rapid scaling up wind and solar power to 36 percent of the global energy mix by 2030.

The Kingdom is considered to be one of the effective members in terms of activities for the purpose of benefiting from the agency in the execution of renewable energy plans and working on projects like Vision 2032 for building a sustainable future for renewable energy through the inclusion of renewable energy sources within the domestic energy systems.

The Vision 2032 assumes importance as, according to government estimates, anticipated demand for electricity in the Kingdom is expected to exceed 120 GW by 2032.

Therefore, the atomic and renewable energy program accounts for a significant portion of the Kingdom's future energy mix and K.A.CARE as a responsible agency exerts every effort to make development of future energy sources promising.