Cabinet approves pact with Al Etihad Energy Services

The government today approved a pact between the National Productivity Council (NPC) and UAE's Al Etihad Energy Services to provide various services in the field of energy management and conservation.
The ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was given by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Under the MoU, the council will provide services, including energy assessment; training and certification of energy auditors; and demand side management, an official statement said.
"The MoU will enable NPC avail high value opportunities such as energy building and develop institutional mechanism in area of energy efficiency in Dubai and other Gulf Cooperation Council, (GCC) member countries," it said.

It will provide recognition and exposure to further build NPC's capacities and competencies in rapidly changing international business scenario, it added.
The pact will also help promote NPC in GCC member countries and will generate business for the council in the area of energy.
Further it said Al Etihad ES will also provide services to all the relevant projects on a case by case basis.
The services include customer support with UAE government and private owned organisations; all local support for field auditing professionals in the UAE; and all local support for training and certification of energy auditors in UAE.