Featured in Embracing change – 02-2020

A gulf of change

The adoption of solar across the Middle East is occurring at widely ranging rates among the various nations. The region is now delivering significant demand to solar developers, EPCs and manufacturers, while also setting records for low PV prices. But is it enough to show genuine leadership, and turn the tide on rising sea levels and a hotter global climate?

By

Jonathan Gifford

10 Feb 2020

At close to 1.2 GW, the Sweihan project is a landmark facility both at a regional and global level. | Image: Jinko Solar

A boy from a developing nation that is being enveloped by rising sea levels. An Emirati sovereign whose nation’s ample wealth comes expressly from hydrocarbon exports. The two share a congratulatory embrace as the boy accepts a sustainability prize for his school.The image is poignant but incongruous. It could be claimed that the exercise is …

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