By DayakDaily Team
ABU DHABI, Nov 7: Asian countries must establish bilateral or multilateral policy frameworks that will create understanding and uniformity to ensure orderly and progressive cross-border renewable energy trade, says Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
According to a press release, he emphasised that there should be a standard that can be adopted by all countries for matters such as transportation methods for commodities, tariffs and standards.
He expressed confidence that with a uniform standard and a reduction in hydrogen production costs, the hydrogen industry will establish itself and grow based on supply and demand.
He also added that research must be intensified to develop technologies that will lower the cost of hydrogen production.
“I am confident there will be a shift to hydrogen in industry and transportation systems if the cost decreases,” he said as a panellist during a discussion session titled “Asia’s Role in Defining the Hydrogen Market” at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition Conference (ADIPEC) 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday (Nov 6).
After the panel discussion, Abang Johari witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Sarawak government through Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) and Mubadala Investment Company to conserve mangrove forest areas in Sarawak.
Accompanying Abang Johari were Deputy Premier of Sarawak Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, Malaysia’s Ambassador to the UAE Tengku Dato’ Sirajuzzaman Tengku Mohamed Ariffin, Sarawak Minister of Utility and Telecommunication (MUT) Dato Sri Julaihi Narawi, Sarawak Secretary Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki, and Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (MEESty) Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni.
Also present were Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Hamid Bugo, Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abdul Aziz Husain, Sarawak Energy Berhad (Sarawak Energy) chairman Dato Ibrahim Baki, Sarawak Energy Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Datuk Sharbini Suhaili and senior government officials from Sarawak. — DayakDaily
