Rising demand for renewable energy in Mena
Source: The Peninsula (Read full story)
Steady economic and population growth,associated with rapid urbanisation, has led to an increase in energy demand to meet rising electricity and desalinated water needs in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region. The Mena Renewables Report published recently by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) and Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), estimates that investments worth $145.7bn will be needed for power generation from 2013 to 2017 in the Mena region. Of which, investments worth $63.1bn will be in the GCC, $21.4bn in Iran and approximately $53bn in the combined other countries of the region.
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