Abstract
This paper examines and presents the solar energy research situation in the UAE using Scopus-database. Like other countries of GCC, the UAE realizes that it has to rely less on oil and gas and start to consider other sources of energy for power production. The country began to support scientific research to be conducted in alternative energy resources such as solar energy since the early Nineties. However, it was very limited. More research was conducted at somewhat larger scale during the past 10 years. Many researchers worked on various applications of solar energy for electricity production, water desalination, space cooling, etc. This work can be used by researchers, politicians, industry, or decision makers to see how much the UAE invested in the field of solar energy and how it compares to other countries in the GCC, Arab world, and worldwide. It presents and identifies those active institutions and researchers in the field of solar energy in the UAE using the data collected by Scopus. The progress of solar energy research in the UAE is also presented.
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