A specialized economic report mentions that the Gulf Arab countries subsidized energy and electricity prices with more than $100 billion dollars in 2011. According to the report carried out by the Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies, Saudi Arabia subsidized energy prices in 2011 with $61 billion, the UAE with $22 billion, Kuwait with nearly $13…
The company Crescent Petroleum pointed out in its weekly report that solar and wind energy will account for 45% of renewable energy if investment activity maintains its current level of growth. The company Kuwait Oil plans to build 15 power plants and substations at the Burgan site with a budget of 315 million dinars. Some…
King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) presents this Renewable Resource Atlas of Saudi Arabia in support of achievement of a sustainable energy mix. The Atlas provides newly collected and historical solar and wind resource monitoring data, plus satellite-based modeled data, for use by developers, researchers, government institutions, and policy-makers. The Atlas is…
As part of the recent announcement of the 6th Middle East and North Africa Solar Conference 2014 (MENASOL, 6-7 May, Dubai), PV Insider has produced “PV in MENA: Turning Policy into Projects” a guide providing detailed business intelligence on how to get projects developed. With Jordan, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia all set to tender…
Badr Jaafar , president of the development company Crescent Petroleum belonging to the Al Hilal Group , analyzed the main findings of the report recently published by the Energy Security Council of the Word Economic Forum in October 2013 entitled Lessons drawn from reforms of energy subsidies , noting the unintended adverse effects of energy…
A report on Sustainable Energy in Arab countries was published at the opening of the annual congress of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) , held on 28 -29 October at the American University of de Sharjah . The report warns that about 60 million Arabs lack access to modern energy, especially electricity,…
Egypt has a renewable energy potential with promising horizons for enlargement and investment, according to a February report by Ernst & Young which places Egypt 29 th in the index of the forty most attractive states in the renewable energy sector (ARI). Egypt is second after Morocco (25 th ) among the Arab countries…
In the latest edition of Ernst & Young’s quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco are in prominent positions in terms of solar, wind and other renewable energy indexes, becoming a role model for other countries in the MENA region. The report focuses on 40 states and takes into account the…
The Arab Future Energy Index ( AFEX ) was launched by the Regional Centre of Renewal Energy and Energy Efficiency ( RCREEE ) at the inauguration the IV Beirut Energy Forum, in one of the parallel workshops. Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt are at the forefront of the thirteen Arab countries which make up the…