Proud of Agreement with Albania, UAE Says Meloni
Abu Dhabi: An effective and sustainable transition to renewable sources of energy needs to be carried out with adequate infrastructures and interconnection is the key to a new diplomacy aimed at boosting opportunities of cooperation, Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, addressing the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week summit. “If we want to enact a concrete and sustainable energy transition, we must ensure that it is carried out with adequate infrastructures. I am sure that developing interconnections can be the key to a new energy diplomacy to multiply opportunities of cooperation amongst us, generating benefits shared by all. With this approach, Italy wants to become a strategic hub for energy flows between Europe and Italy”, said the premier.
According to Ansa News Agency, Meloni expressed pride in a deal with Albania and the United Arab Emirates for the production and transportation of renewable energy from Albania to Italy. “I am personally proud of this initiative, which tangibly shows how new forms o
f cooperation can also be built between partners who can appear distant, at least geographically”, noted Meloni, speaking about the deal signed by Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed and Albanian Premier Edi Rama. The agreement aims at producing green energy in Albania and transporting it to Italy.
Meloni described the deal as an “ambitious project between the Adriatic’s two coasts”, involving the creation of a “new energy interconnection to produce green energy in Albania and export part of it to Italy, thanks to a subsea cable in the Adriatic”. The project involves the collaboration of the three governments, as well as private sectors and network operators.
Albanian Premier Edi Rama also commented on the initiative during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week summit. Rama highlighted the creation of infrastructure for renewable energy production and transport from Albania to Italy, stating, “The infrastructure is worth around one billion euros and it will be operational in three years at the most”, while add
ressing Italian reporters at the summit.