Energy Transitions in the Middle East : Challenges and Opportunities / edited by Karen Young, Katherine Wolff

Cover -- Halftitle page -- Middle East Institute Policy Series -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE FINANCING, REGULATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION -- 1 A LOOK BACK AT 2020: GCC COVID-19 RESPONSE, REFORMS, ENERGY TRANSITION CONCERNS AND MICRO-COMPETITIVENESS -- Introduction -- Hydrocarbon dependence in the GCC -- Energy transition and the GCC -- GCC fiscal response to COVID-19 -- Reform opportunities and micro-competitiveness -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Annex: GCC fiscal and economic data -- 2 THE FUTURE OF GULF NOC-IOC PARTNERSHIPS -- Introduction -- State of play -- Emerging trends -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 MECHANISMS TO FINANCE CLIMATE INVESTMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Introduction -- Current state of the market -- Mechanisms of finance -- Future outlook -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 POLITICAL PRIORITIES AND ECONOMIC REALITIES: FINANCING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION IN SAUDI ARABIA AND OMAN -- Introduction -- Facilitating the energy transition -- Funding and ownership -- The political economy of the renewable energy transition -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5 THE POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF ENERGY TRANSITION IN MENA: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVELS -- Introduction -- Toward an alternative development paradigm? -- Geopolitical power and influence at the international level -- China's growing influence in the MENA region -- Saudi Arabia-Iran diplomatic rapprochement brokered by China -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- PART TWO NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- 6 THE NEXT BIG THING IN MENA POWER - GRIDS AND ENERGY STORAGE -- Introduction -- Rising power consumption -- Growing share of renewable energy -- Expanding grids: High-capacity,smart, and flexible grids.

Connecting grids: Imagining a Pan-Arab super grid -- Adding technology to the grid: The case for energy storage systems -- Energy storage systems in MENA: The next big market -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7 GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION IN NORTH AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- Introduction -- Why green hydrogen? Why North Africa? -- Morocco's green ammonia breakthrough -- Egypt's expanding green hydrogen horizons -- Algeria: Green hydrogen pipedreams,blue and green ammonia realities -- Tunisia: Modest beginnings, strong export potential -- A way forward for green hydrogen in North Africa -- Bibliography -- PART THREE CASE STUDIES IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION -- 8 QATAR'S LNG INDUSTRY IN THE AGE OF HYDROCARBON MARKETS: INSTABILITY AND ENERGY TRANSITION -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The 'Saudi Arabia of gas' -- Putin's war in Ukraine and the interests of Qatar -- The shale revolution and its implications for Qatar LNG -- Meeting the Brave New World -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9 RENEWABLE ENERGY DIPLOMACY: THE GULF STATES IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Gulf participation in renewable energy projects in CCA -- Geopolitical considerations -- Social license to operate -- Commercial rationale -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- INDEX.

How do Middle East energy transitions fit into international energy markets? In this book, energy analysts, geopolitical experts and specialists of political economy examine the new energy potential in the Middle East. The particular focus surrounds how the region's access to finance, combined with the new global regulations and considerations of economic development, shape the region's energy transitions overall. The Middle East is revealed to be a key site of new energy production, sharing and transmission as well as technology innovation. At the same time, the authors examine the variables that determine the success in each country and energy source, including the advantages that hydrocarbon producers will have in renewables and transition fuels, and the risk that these might slow down the energy transition overall. In doing so, the book situates the energy transition in the Middle East in a broader context of economic development, financing models, and regulations, and explains how this context interacts with the development of new energy sources. Energy Transitions in the Middle East is an account of the challenges Middle Eastern states will face in navigating the global energy transition, as well as their key areas of opportunity.

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