Arab states may become solar energy exporters
ZAWYA - Massive renewable energy projects undertaken by the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries could turn them into solar energy exporters along with their large hydrocarbon exports, according to a veteran Arab energy analyst.
"After oil, Arab countries could start exporting solar energy," said Nicolas Sarkis, Director of the Paris-based Arab Petroleum Research Centre (APRC), which acts as an adviser to the 10-nation Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries.
"The development of solar energy
is rapidly becoming a priority of energy policies pursued by most
countries in the Middle East and North Africa, whether oil and natural
gas producers or not," Sarkis wrote in the APRC's monthly magazine,
Arab Petroleum and Gas.
