3 PAIRING COAL WITH SOLAR: THE UAE’S FRAGMENTED …
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11. Robin Mills, “Appetite and Innovation: Natural Gas in the UAE.” In The
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(Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2019), p. 126. BP, “BP
Statistical Review of World Energy 2019.” Statistical report (London: BP,
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12. Max S. Kim, “How Greed and Corruption Blew Up South Korea’s
Nuclear Industry.” MIT Technology Review, April 22, 2019; https://
www.technologyreview.com/s/613325/how-greed-and-corruption-blewup-south-koreas-nuclear-industry.
13. “Update to ENEC Announcement on 12.04.2018.” Emirates Nuclear
Energy Corporation (press release), April 10, 2019; https://www.enec.
gov.ae/news/announcements/update-to-enec-announcement-on-12-042018/.
14. “UAE Nuclear Power Plant License in 2020.” Reuters, November
27, 2019; https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/100942/uaenuclear-power-plant-license-in-2020.
15. All statistics from BP 2019.
16. “Sir Bani Yas UAE.” Wind farm database, The Wind Power Wind Energy
Market Intelligence, 2019; https://www.thewindpower.net/country_w
indfarms_en_103_united-arab-emirates.php.
17. Author interview with UAE energy sector executive on condition of
anonymity, January 2020.
18. Ibid.
19. “Abu Dhabi Commits US$15 Billion to Alternative Energy, Clean Technology.” Middle East and North Africa Business Report, January 21,
2008.
20. Himendra Mohan Kumar, “Phase One of Masdar City to Be Ready
Before 2010.” Gulf News, October 28, 2007; http://gulfnews.com/bus
iness/construction/phase-one-of-masdar-city-to-be-ready-before-2010-1.
119793.
21. “Abu Dhabi Commits to 7 Percent Renewable Energy Target by 2020.”
Emirates News Agency, January 18, 2009; http://tinyurl.com/nlb5hjc.
22. “BP and Local Partner Shelve Hydrogen Power Project in Abu Dhabi.”
The Oil Daily, January 14, 2011. See also Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi
(HPAD), accessed May 13, 2010, http://www.zeroco2.no/projects/mas
dar-precombustion-ccs-project.
23. “Saudi Arabia Awards 300 MW Sakaka PV, At Record Low Pricing.”
MEES, Vol. 61, Issue 6, February 9, 2018.
24. Data in this paragraph come from utility sources collected by the author,
utility officials interviewed by the author, and data published in MEES.
25. “UAE Energy Strategy 2050.” Government of the United Arab Emirates,
May 30, 2019; https://government.ae/en/about-the-uae/strategies-
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11. Robin Mills, “Appetite and Innovation: Natural Gas in the UAE.” In The
Future of Gas in the Gulf: Continuity and Change, ed. Jonathan Stern
(Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2019), p. 126. BP, “BP
Statistical Review of World Energy 2019.” Statistical report (London: BP,
June 2019).
12. Max S. Kim, “How Greed and Corruption Blew Up South Korea’s
Nuclear Industry.” MIT Technology Review, April 22, 2019; https://
www.technologyreview.com/s/613325/how-greed-and-corruption-blewup-south-koreas-nuclear-industry.
13. “Update to ENEC Announcement on 12.04.2018.” Emirates Nuclear
Energy Corporation (press release), April 10, 2019; https://www.enec.
gov.ae/news/announcements/update-to-enec-announcement-on-12-042018/.
14. “UAE Nuclear Power Plant License in 2020.” Reuters, November
27, 2019; https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/100942/uaenuclear-power-plant-license-in-2020.
15. All statistics from BP 2019.
16. “Sir Bani Yas UAE.” Wind farm database, The Wind Power Wind Energy
Market Intelligence, 2019; https://www.thewindpower.net/country_w
indfarms_en_103_united-arab-emirates.php.
17. Author interview with UAE energy sector executive on condition of
anonymity, January 2020.
18. Ibid.
19. “Abu Dhabi Commits US$15 Billion to Alternative Energy, Clean Technology.” Middle East and North Africa Business Report, January 21,
2008.
20. Himendra Mohan Kumar, “Phase One of Masdar City to Be Ready
Before 2010.” Gulf News, October 28, 2007; http://gulfnews.com/bus
iness/construction/phase-one-of-masdar-city-to-be-ready-before-2010-1.
119793.
21. “Abu Dhabi Commits to 7 Percent Renewable Energy Target by 2020.”
Emirates News Agency, January 18, 2009; http://tinyurl.com/nlb5hjc.
22. “BP and Local Partner Shelve Hydrogen Power Project in Abu Dhabi.”
The Oil Daily, January 14, 2011. See also Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi
(HPAD), accessed May 13, 2010, http://www.zeroco2.no/projects/mas
dar-precombustion-ccs-project.
23. “Saudi Arabia Awards 300 MW Sakaka PV, At Record Low Pricing.”
MEES, Vol. 61, Issue 6, February 9, 2018.
24. Data in this paragraph come from utility sources collected by the author,
utility officials interviewed by the author, and data published in MEES.
25. “UAE Energy Strategy 2050.” Government of the United Arab Emirates,
May 30, 2019; https://government.ae/en/about-the-uae/strategies-