African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders of oil and gas companies sidelined at previous talks.
Apart from Namibia, countries including Mauritania, Tanzania, and Senegal are working with Western energy companies to develop oil and gas fields for export and to generate electricity for local communities.
A spokesperson at BP confirmed the CEO's attendance at the event and said BP was assessing the suitability of the wind and solar resources for large-scale renewable power generation and production of hydrogen from renewable energy. Saying Germany was prioritising clean energy, she also cited a German deal to help fund Kenya's efforts to have a fully-renewable energy system by 2030.Government officials and executives said the interest of Egypt, host to the U.N. climate summit, in developing its resources had led to a thawing in attitudes towards oil and gas companies., a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, will host next year's U.N.
Those already-planned projects include new gas drilling in Canada and liquefied natural gas import capacity in Germany and Vietnam, CAT said.
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