The hotter resources for power generation tend to be found in areas where there is volcanic activity. Geothermal resources like these are not strongly evident in the middle east although potentially exist along the coasts of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Do you have a clean energy project in the MENA region or a MENA clean energy start-up company that needs finance? Want to talk to potential investors?
The CEBC in partnership with the DIFC is offering you an opportunity to pitch your concept to investors at CEBC Connections on November 14, Dubai.
A large part of MENA falls within the so-called ‘sun belt’, which benefits from the most energy-intensive sunlight on the globe (in terms of both heat and light). There is also abundant unproductive desert lands suitable for locating large solar projects.
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CEBC Deputy Chair Daniel Zywietz talks energy subsidies and environmental impact
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CEBC Chairman Dr. Nasser Saidi and Deputy Chair Daniel Zywietz talk clean energy on Emirates 24/7