The United Kingdom’s Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Lord Gerry Grimstone, on Wednesday expressed the UK’s readiness to help Mozambique in the development of clean energy, a statement from the British High Commission in Maputo reveals.Lord Grimstone conveyed the UK’s commitment during a meeting in London with Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela.
“Lord Grimstone reaffirmed to Minister Max Tonela the firm commitment of the Government of the United Kingdom to work with the Government of Mozambique in its vision for accelerating the energy transition,” the press release says.The UK, the statement continues, intends to share with its African partner, knowledge and capabilities in renewable energy, green financing, energy storage, wind energy and technical assistance.“Mozambique’s transition to stable energy sources will enable the gradual integration of renewable energy sources in the country, such as wind and solar power, into the national energy grid,” the UK Minister for Development says in the statement. The British minister noted that the Mozambican government’s focus on clean energy would allow more families to have access to electricity and abandon the use of wood and coal as energy sources, saving forests from the unconstrained felling of trees.
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