We are grateful for comments from Amro Elshurafa, David Hobbs, Noura Mansouri, Walid Matar and other KAPSARC colleagues who helped to improve the paper considerably. Hisham Akhonbay proposed the idea of a new business model based on neighborhood-scale solar fields. However, the authors are responsible for any errors and omissions in the paper. Furthermore, the views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of their affiliated institutions.
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