“In the past, whenever I used to meet with ministers of energy in some of the oil- or oil-and-gas-rich countries, they would talk about renewable energy, and that meeting would end in a nanosecond,” said Nabil Habayeb, General Electric’s president and chief executive for the Middle East and North Africa. “Today, many of them are eager to talk about it. Whether you’re oil-rich or not, it’s a big trend.” After a previous wave of interest…
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