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Goal Seven: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

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Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, access to energy for all is essential. Sustainable energy is opportunity – it transforms lives, economies and the planet. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is leading a Sustainable Energy for All initiative to ensure universal access to modern energy services, improve efficiency and increase use of renewable sources.

Overview of some indicators

Proportion of population with access to electricity
100%
Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology
99.9%
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
0.4



Electricity and Water Authority  initiated promoting the use of renewable energy through the project of installing solar energy systems in residential houses. It also initiated in carrying out the executive steps of 100 MW solar plant project which is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.
In order to sustain energy, the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, through the Sustainable Energy Unit Project , a joint venture between the Government of Bahrain and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has made significant efforts to diversify the energy mixture and utilise renewable energy resources to meet the growing demand for energy and to keep pace with sustained economic growth in the Kingdom.

Goal One: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal Two: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal Three: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all age
Goal Four: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal Five: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal Six: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal Seven: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal Eight: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal Nine: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal Ten: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal Eleven: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal Twelve:Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal Thirteen: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts[b]
Goal Fourteen: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal Fifteen: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal Sixteen: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal Seventeen: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
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Page Last Updated: 10 February, 2020