Featured in 2017: MENA means solar – 01-2017

What’s on the horizon for MENA?

Utility-scale update: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) always seems to linger longingly in solar industry conversations, as the region of the world with the most untapped pv potential. Analaysts have long predicted that once solar finally drops here, it’s going to drop big. 2016 was a big year for solar in the MENA region, probably the best yet, leading to increased hope that it could stand up as the torchbearer amongst oil-rich regions for the deployment of solar energy.

By

Sam Pothecary

06 Feb 2017

It was a year during which the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) director general Adnan Amin announced that the MENA power sectors could enjoy a net benefit of $750 billion if countries in the region are able to hit their 2030 renewable energy targets. A year during which world-record low prices for solar energy were …

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