UAE delegation visits Germany for study tour on green hydrogen and synthetic fuels

H.E. Sharif Al Olama, Undersecretary at the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI), visited Germany with a MOEI delegation accompanied by representatives from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) from 28 June to 1 July 2022. H.E. Patrick Graichen, Energy State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) welcomed the delegation at the Ministry in Berlin for a bilateral meeting with H.E. Sharif Al Olama. The delegation attended technical sessions and various meetings with stakeholders from government, business and science to continue the dialogue on hydrogen strategies, bilateral projects and joint funding instruments. Roundtables with business actors took place to proceed the scale up of hydrogen trade between the UAE and Germany at the Embassy of the UAE in Berlin and at the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy in Munich. In Freiburg, the delegation visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).