Mauritania Participates in International Renewable Energy Agency General Assembly

Mauritania, through its Minister of Oil, Energy and Mines, Mr. Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh, participated, Monday via videoconference, in the four-day meetings of the XI session of the general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA. In his speech on the occasion, the Minister, on behalf of Mauritania, thanked IRENA for the valuable support it provides to our country and for its unremitting efforts to develop renewable energies. Mr. Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh underlined that an ambitious plan is underway to widen the field of exploitation of renewable energy resources in Mauritania by the exploitation of solar, wind and hydroelectric energies, the generalization of small networks in small towns and remote ones, in addition to the installation of high voltage lines to cover the whole of the national territory and to ensure electrical connections with neighboring countries to facilitate the exchange of energy. It should be noted that IRENA is a governmental and international organization that helps countries to ensure their conversion to clean energy and serves as a platform for international cooperation and a center for the encouragement and selection of policies, technologies, resources, and knowledge in the field of renewable energies. Its conference, which brings together 163 members, is the supreme decision-making body and serves as a scientific forum for all topics related to aspects of energy transformations.