Renewable energy sources and rationale use of energy development in the countries of GCC: Myth or reality?

Doukas, Haris; Patlitzianas, Konstantinos D.; Kagiannas, Argyris G.; Psarras, John

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2005.05.010

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“…Secondly, most of these countries are moving toward pro-active approach of ecological modernization. In the case of Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), the shift towards more energy efficiency could improve their performance (Doukas et al, 2006). These countries are exploring new policies but this reorientation has not yet resulted in the development of consistent strategies and policies (Reiche, 2010).…”

Section: Country-levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries

et al. 2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Our results show that in the long-run energy consumption has a positive significant impact on CO2 emissions. More interestingly, we show that real GDP exhibits a quadratic relationship with CO2 emissions for the region as a whole. However, although the estimated long-run coefficients of income and its square satisfy the EKC hypothesis in most studied countries, the turning points are very low in some cases and very high in other cases, hence providing poor evidence in support of the EKC hypothesis. Thus, our findings suggest that not all MENA countries need to sacrifice economic growth to decrease their emission levels as they may achieve CO2 emissions reduction via energy conservation without negative long-run effects on economic growth. We are grateful to two anonymous referees for very helpful comments on a previous version. We are also grateful to Professor James Hough for his kind help. Usual disclaimer applies. Terms of use: Documents in2

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“…The bulk of energy is consumed in the residential building sector, where heating and cooling are the predominant end uses and the adoption of airconditioning has increased dramatically in recent years [1].…”

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Thermal conductivity of unfired earth bricks reinforced by agricultural wastes with cement and gypsum

Ashour

Korjenić

Korjenic

et al. 2015

Energy and Buildings

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“…Specifically, the adoption of solar technology was very advantageous in Bahrain in the small capacity projects that were inaugurated [4]. However, high temperatures and the mixture of dust and humidity tend to reduce photovoltaic and solar cell efficiency [8].…”

Section: Renewable Energymentioning

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“…The development of renewable energy in the Arab States of the Gulf has been relatively slow despite its many conducive elements and tremendous potential. This market has been stifled by a combination of constraints, such as the absence of relative legal and policy framework, the high initial capital costs and the lack of commercial skills and information [4]. [5].…”

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A Geospatial Database for Wind and Solar Energy Applications: The Kingdom of Bahrain Study Case

Al-Joburi

Dahman

2017

E3S Web Conf.

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This research is aimed at designing, implementing, and testing a geospatial database for wind and solar energy applications in the Kingdom of Bahrain. All decision making needed to determine economic feasibility and establish site location for wind turbines or solar panels depends primarily on geospatial feature theme information and non-spatial (attribute) data for wind, solar, rainfall, temperature and weather characteristics of a particular region. Spatial data includes, but is not limited to, digital elevation, slopes, land use, zonings, parks, population density, road utility maps, and other related information. Digital elevations for over 450,000 spot at 50 m spatial horizontal resolution plus field surveying and GPS (at selected locations) was obtained from the Surveying and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB). Road, utilities, and population density are obtained from the Central Information Organization (CIO). Land use zoning, recreational parks, and other data are obtained from the Ministry of Municipalities and Agricultural Affairs. Wind, solar, humidity, rainfall, and temperature data are obtained from the Ministry of Transportation, Civil Aviation Section. LandSat Satellite and others images are obtained from NASA and online sources respectively. The collected geospatial data was georeferenced to Ain el-Abd UTM Zone 39 North. 3D Digital Elevation Model (DEM)-50 m spatial resolutions was created using SLRB spot elevations. Slope and aspect maps were generate based on the DEM. Supervised image classification to identify open spaces was performed utilizing satellite images. Other geospatial data was converted to raster format with the same cell resolution. Non-spatial data are entered as an attribute to spatial features. To eliminate ambiguous solution, multi-criteria GIS model is developed based on, vector (discrete point, line, and polygon representations) as well as raster model (continuous representation). The model was tested at the Al-Areen proposed project, a relatively small area (15 km 2 ). Optimum site spatial location for the location of wind turbines and solar panels was determined and initial results indicates that the combination of wind and solar energy would be sufficient for the project to meet the energy demand at the present per capita consummation rate..

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Renewable energy sources and rationale use of energy development in the countries of GCC: Myth or reality?

Cited by 109 publications

References 30 publications

Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries

Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries

Thermal conductivity of unfired earth bricks reinforced by agricultural wastes with cement and gypsum

A Geospatial Database for Wind and Solar Energy Applications: The Kingdom of Bahrain Study Case

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