Energy Sustainability in the Gulf States

Abstract

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Renewable Energy Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Status, Barriers, and Policy Options

“…The increasing domestic consumption of oil and gas resources has led some Gulf countries like Oman, UAE, and Kuwait to import natural gas in order to meet the growing domestic demands. In 2014, natural gas imports in the UAE accounted for 19.2% of natural gas consumption, 37.7% in Kuwait, and 10.8% in Oman [30]. Deploying renewable energy technologies in the GCC will not only help in meeting the increasing domestic needs of energy but will help to free up fuel needed for downstream economic diversification projects while also increasing exports.…”

Offices after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Changes in Perception of Flexible Office Space

“…Job security and well-paid employment benefit Kuwaiti nationals in the public (government) sector, while rigid labor market regulations and the lack of required skills impact the private sector [37], resulting in an overstaffed public sector and high government expenditures. Policies such as "Kuwaitization," intended to minimize (low-skill and highly skilled) expatriates in the private sector and instead attract Kuwaiti nationals, have not been successful [38]. As stated by Al-Mutairi et al [39], one of the reasons are long working hours.…”

“…The key to unlocking the individual and organizational high-performance opportunities of the future is the design [65], ability to control the environment [51] and development and implementation of a new safe workplace model [18]. Subsequently, office pandemic measures were taken to reduce office movement [38]. Typical features were the rotation of teams, the transfer of many essential activities to the online space (such as communication) and the attendance system [66,67].…”

Oil rents and economic growth in oil producing countries: evidence from a macro panel

“…IEA 2013; Ozturk et al 2010;Klein 2010;Luft and Korin 2009); (5) various national energy systems facing different transitional problems, in particular net exporters experiencing rapidly increasing energy demand and growing political, economic and environmental challenges (e.g. Mohammadi and Parvaresh 2014;Gately et al 2013;Al Jaber 2013;Fattouh and ElKatiri 2013;El-Katiri 2013;Al-Mulali 2011); (6) various economies having different levels of oil endowments and oil self-sufficiency and dependency, but sharing substantial market and price interdependencies (e.g. IEA 2013; ECB 2010; Luft and Korin 2009); and (7) the inclusion of a variable for the scale of oil production and a structural shift dummy for a set of oil producing countries (e.g.…”