The most prominent such scheme is this one. Abu Dhabi has announced an
enormouse project focusing on renewables, named MASDAR. The details are at
http://www.masdaruae.com/. Not clear how fast it¹ll be rolled out.
As to the CDM, they are certainly developing countries in Kyoto parlance,
and eligible for CDM projects. They have at best a tiny number of projects
however in 2007, 5% of all CDM projects were in the rest of Asia¹, that
is taking india and China out (which have 79% of all CDM projects between
them China having 73%!) (World Bank figures State and trends of the
carbon market 2008). So OPEC countries have at best a handful of projects.
Apart from the MASDAR proejct, their interest at the moment has been in
promoting Carbon Capture and Storage in the CDM, that would probably get
them much more interested in the Kyoto mechanisms (after 2012 however). Much
of their interest is that CCS can enable you to pump even more oil and gas
out of the ground of course, and then get lovely CDM credits for it.
Cheers
Mat
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From: William Hipwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: VUW
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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:00:21 -0400
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: Solar Energy and the Middle East
Dear Colleagues:
I am conducting research into alternative energy, in part for the purposes
of developing a distance-learning course and am wondering if anyone could
provide guidance in one particular area.
I am interested in identifying recent sources of information about the use
of solar energy in the Middle East, including such things as government
policies, applications, public perceptions, multinational corporations
active in the area and so forth. I have been given to understand that
despite their oil wealth, most ME countries are designated as developing
for the purposes of Kyoto mechanisms. Is this true?
Thanks for any assistance. I will compile responses and re-release a
compendium to the list.
Cheers,
Bill
