Kuwait's state-owned oil group Kuwait Oil Company has awarded an advisory consulting contract to KBR for the development of a Renewables and Hydrogen Masterplan Project, which would target 17 GW of renewable capacity and 25 GW of green hydrogen production capacity in Kuwait by 2050. The renewable capacity would be linked to the production of green hydrogen for internal industrial uses, as well as for exports. The consulting services are expected to be completed within 18 months.
Under its New Vision 2035, Kuwait aims to generate 15% of its electricity from renewables by 2030; however, no flagship policy has yet been implemented to accelerate the development of renewables and most of the reduction in GHG emissions planned in the country's updated NDC (2021) would come from an oil-to-gas substitution in energy production, new CCGT power plants, energy efficiency measures, and renewable projects.
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