An overview of water desalination systems integrated with renewable energy sources

ZM Ghazi, SWF Rizvi, WM Shahid, AM Abdulhameed… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the growing world population, climate change, pollution, rising consumer
demand, and resource exploitation have contributed to a freshwater shortage. Hence, water …

Renewable energy development in the Gulf cooperation council countries: Status, barriers, and policy options

A Al-Sarihi, N Mansouri - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—hold almost 30% of the world's total proven oil …

[HTML][HTML] On the contribution of solar energy to sustainable developments goals: Case study on Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

K Obaideen, MN AlMallahi, AH Alami… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the fast growth of the global economy, energy supply and demand have a strong impact
on social, economic, and environmental aspects. As a consequence, this has pushed the …

Impact of energy intensity, green economy and blue economy to achieve sustainable economic growth in GCC countries: Does Saudi Vision 2030 matters to GCC …

S Sarwar - Renewable energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The study examines the role of energy intensity, green economic factors, and blue economic
factors to achieve sustainable economic growth in gulf countries. Additionally, we analyze …

The effects of natural gas and oil consumption on CO2 emissions in GCC countries: asymmetry analysis

H Mahmood - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Oil and gas are key energy sources in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The
present study examines the asymmetrical environmental effects of these energy sources and …

Insights into the efficiency of China's green energy policies

S Afshan, YB Zaied, T Yaqoob, S Managi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the global inclination of economies toward green solutions, the current study aims to
explore the association between green energy transition, adjusted net saving, energy …

Analyzing the role of renewable energy and energy intensity in the ecological footprint of the United Arab Emirates

E Dogan, SF Shah - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Even though a great number of researchers have explored the determinants of
environmental pollution, the majority have used carbon emissions as an indicator while only …

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as a sustainable transportation solution in Qatar and the Gulf cooperation council: a review

C Mendez, M Contestabile, Y Bicer - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work explores various alternative vehicles, their advantages and disadvantages, and
ranks them based on factors such as performance, economy, and market acceptance …

[HTML][HTML] Greening oil money: The geopolitics of energy finance going green

N Koch - Energy research & social science, 2022 - Elsevier
This article examines the role of “oil money” in promoting the energy transition, tracing
activities across the oil industry and countries heavily dependent on oil revenues to bolster …

Gulf cooperation council countries' climate change mitigation challenges and exploration of solar and wind energy resource potential

FR Alharbi, D Csala - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change mitigation is one of the most critical challenges of this century. The
unprecedented global effects of climate change are wide-ranging, including changing …