Abstract
The Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC) are largely engaged in renewable energy compared to other sources of energy for achieving sustainable development, i.e., maintaining balance between environmental, socio-economic and energy security and governance; this include mitigating climate change, reducing air pollution, improving energy access and enhancing energy security. According to IRENA report, by 2030, the GCCC could save 354 million barrels of oil equivalent (a 23% reduction), create more than 220,500 jobs, reduce the power sector's carbon dioxide emissions by 22%, and cut water withdrawal in the power sector by 17% based on the renewables targets already in place. The GCCC have been undertaking renewable energy projects for more than 30 years but recently a trend for increasingly ambitious projects is being witnessed. These are being supported by renewable energy targets, innovative research and development, and investments across the entire industry value chain. The renewable energy targets in GCCC are as follows: Bahrain; 5% by 2025 (250 MW) and 10% by 2035, UAE; 30% by 2030 (5000 MW), KSA; 30% by 2040 (5400 MW), Oman 10 by 2020 (600 MW), Kuwait; 15% by 2030 (11,000 MW) and Qatar; 20% by 2030 (1800 MW). The paper highlight on the vast investment and applications carried in GCCC which can be considered as a transition phase in solar and wind energy use in these countries. It also suggests advantageous investments in sustainability in GCCC like investing in Electric Vehicle, Building Integrated PV or Building Integrated Wind Turbine, Rooftop PV for small −scale installation, and Solar and Wind Water Desalination.
Highlights
According to REN 21 report in 2019 [1], year 2018 witnessed relatively stable market for renewable energy technologies has been noticed
The purpose of this paper is highlight on the vast investments and applications carried in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC), which can be considered as a transition phase in solar and wind energy use in these countries
The research in renewable energy in GCCC, solar and wind, is increasing and is concentering in further feasibility studies to use the large land in GCCC specially in Saudi Arabia
Summary
According to REN 21 report in 2019 [1], year 2018 witnessed relatively stable market for renewable energy technologies has been noticed. REN21, very recently [2], contains even better news as it had reported that the private sector signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a record growth of over 43% from 2018 to 2019 in new renewable power capacity. It reported [2] that climate change policies, directly or indirectly, stimulate interest in renewables increased in 2019, spreading to new regions and reaching new levels of ambition. In 2016, again in Dubai, records were broken with an astonishing 2.99 US cents/kWh bid for the 800 MW Phase III of the MRM Solar Park, of which 200 MW was completed in May 2018. The purpose of this paper is highlight on the vast investments and applications carried in the GCCC, which can be considered as a transition phase in solar and wind energy use in these countries
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