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initiatives-and-awards/federal-governments-strategies-and-plans/uae-ene
rgy-strategy-2050.
26. “Abu Dhabi Eyes Innovative Approach to Energy Transition.” MEES,
Vol. 62, Issue 38, September 20, 2019.
27. Percentage totals are author’s calculations based on capacity factor of 70%
for nuclear, gas and coal, and 25% for renewables.
28. The UAE was the world’s 24th largest emitter of CO2 in 2018. BP, “BP
Statistical Review of World Energy 2019.”
29. United Arab Emirates page, updated December 2, 2019, Climate Action
Tracker; https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/uae/assumptions/.
30. An official suggested that plans for additional coal capacity beyond the
2.4 GW Hassyan plant would not come to fruition and that solar plans
would be increased to 15 GW.
31. For instance, in the World Values Survey 2010–2014, less than a third
of Kuwaitis and Egyptians agreed with the statement “Protecting the
environment should be given priority, even if it causes slower economic
growth and some loss of jobs” while 63% of Qataris agreed with the statement. Less than 6% of respondents in the three countries reported being
a member of an environmental group, and more respondents (outside
Qatar) had little or no confidence in environmental protective groups.
World Values Survey (Wave 6), 2010–2014; http://www.worldvaluess
urvey.org/WVSOnline.jsp.
32. Mills, p. 119.
33. “GCC Gas Integration: More Than Just a Pipe Dream?” MEES, Vol. 62,
Issue 4, January 25, 2019.
34. BP, “BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019.”
35. Mills, p. 128.
36. Maximilian Kuhn, Enabling the Iranian Gas Export Options: The Destiny
of Iranian Energy (Berlin: Springer, 2014), p. 243.
37. Kuhn, p. 243.
38. Jennifer Gnana, “Dana Gas Ready to Import Iranian Gas If
Supplies Are Reliable.” The National (Abu Dhabi), November 15,
2017; https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/exclusive-dana-gasready-to-import-iranian-gas-if-supplies-are-reliable-1.676007.
39. Marriage ties between the ruling family of Qatar, the al-Thani, and that
of Dubai, the al-Maktoum, include the marriage of Sheikha Mariam, the
elder sister of Dubai’s current ruler, who was married to the former
Qatari Emir Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali al-Thani, who died in 1977. See J. E.
Peterson, “Rulers, Merchants and Shaikhs in Gulf Politics: The Function
of Family Networks.” In The Gulf Family: Kinship Policies and Modernity,
ed. Alanoud Alsharekh (London: SAQI, 2007), 24.
40. For a chronicle on the dispute, see Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Qatar and
the Gulf Crisis (London: Hurst, 2020).
initiatives-and-awards/federal-governments-strategies-and-plans/uae-ene
rgy-strategy-2050.
26. “Abu Dhabi Eyes Innovative Approach to Energy Transition.” MEES,
Vol. 62, Issue 38, September 20, 2019.
27. Percentage totals are author’s calculations based on capacity factor of 70%
for nuclear, gas and coal, and 25% for renewables.
28. The UAE was the world’s 24th largest emitter of CO2 in 2018. BP, “BP
Statistical Review of World Energy 2019.”
29. United Arab Emirates page, updated December 2, 2019, Climate Action
Tracker; https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/uae/assumptions/.
30. An official suggested that plans for additional coal capacity beyond the
2.4 GW Hassyan plant would not come to fruition and that solar plans
would be increased to 15 GW.
31. For instance, in the World Values Survey 2010–2014, less than a third
of Kuwaitis and Egyptians agreed with the statement “Protecting the
environment should be given priority, even if it causes slower economic
growth and some loss of jobs” while 63% of Qataris agreed with the statement. Less than 6% of respondents in the three countries reported being
a member of an environmental group, and more respondents (outside
Qatar) had little or no confidence in environmental protective groups.
World Values Survey (Wave 6), 2010–2014; http://www.worldvaluess
urvey.org/WVSOnline.jsp.
32. Mills, p. 119.
33. “GCC Gas Integration: More Than Just a Pipe Dream?” MEES, Vol. 62,
Issue 4, January 25, 2019.
34. BP, “BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019.”
35. Mills, p. 128.
36. Maximilian Kuhn, Enabling the Iranian Gas Export Options: The Destiny
of Iranian Energy (Berlin: Springer, 2014), p. 243.
37. Kuhn, p. 243.
38. Jennifer Gnana, “Dana Gas Ready to Import Iranian Gas If
Supplies Are Reliable.” The National (Abu Dhabi), November 15,
2017; https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/exclusive-dana-gasready-to-import-iranian-gas-if-supplies-are-reliable-1.676007.
39. Marriage ties between the ruling family of Qatar, the al-Thani, and that
of Dubai, the al-Maktoum, include the marriage of Sheikha Mariam, the
elder sister of Dubai’s current ruler, who was married to the former
Qatari Emir Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali al-Thani, who died in 1977. See J. E.
Peterson, “Rulers, Merchants and Shaikhs in Gulf Politics: The Function
of Family Networks.” In The Gulf Family: Kinship Policies and Modernity,
ed. Alanoud Alsharekh (London: SAQI, 2007), 24.
40. For a chronicle on the dispute, see Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Qatar and
the Gulf Crisis (London: Hurst, 2020).