Featured in Lift-off for MENA? – 01-2014

MENA pause

MENA: Some MENA countries are swimming in oil; some are beset by conflict. Some have grand PV plans; others have more modest ambitions. All, though, are perceived to have collectively dragged their heels when it comes to tangible solar progress. pv magazine attempts to find out why.

By

Ian Clover

06 Jan 2014

Political instability, cultural and religious sensitivities, a harsh desert climate and, buried beneath large swathes of it, vast amounts of oil and gas: on the surface, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region doesn’t appear a prime candidate for a coherent solar PV industry. But looked at another way, it most definitely is. That’s …

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