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53. UAE prices provided by energy sector official on condition of anonymity,
January 2020.
54. Mills, “Appetite and Innovation: Natural Gas in the UAE,” 124–5.
55. Author interview with energy sector official on condition of anonymity,
January 2020.
56. Farah Elbahrawy and Fahad Alzahrani, “Dubai Utility Gets Record
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59. BP estimates that the Middle East holds 38.4% of global gas reserves.
Four countries: Iran (16.2%), Qatar (12.5%), the UAE (3%) and Saudi
Arabia (3%) hold nearly 25% of those reserves. BP, “BP Statistical Review
of World Energy 2019.”
60. Mara Hvistendahl, “Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste.”
Scientific American, December 13, 2007; https://www.scientificamerican.
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61. Author calculation using output formula: (rated capacity * 24 hours *
365 days * capacity factor estimate = yearly expected power production).
Capacity factor estimates used from “Chapter 5: Electricity.” International
Energy Outlook 2016, US Energy Information Administration, 2016,
p. 89; https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/pdf/electricity.pdf.
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of the UAE Government.” Government web page (Abu Dhabi, October
23, 2019); https://government.ae/en/information-and-services/enviro
nment-and-energy/water-and-energy/energy-.
63. For a discussion on what constitutes “clean coal”, see Brad Plumer,
“What ‘Clean Coal’ Is—And Isn’t.” New York Times, August
23, 2017; https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/climate/what-cleancoal-is-and-isnt.html; also: Ian Urbina, “Short Answers to Hard
Questions About Clean Coal Technology.” New York Times, July
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Council for Civil Liberties, 1982).
51. Camilleri, The State and Nuclear Power: Conflict and Control in the
Western World.
52. Krane, Jaffe, and Elass, “Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Chimera or
Solution?”
53. UAE prices provided by energy sector official on condition of anonymity,
January 2020.
54. Mills, “Appetite and Innovation: Natural Gas in the UAE,” 124–5.
55. Author interview with energy sector official on condition of anonymity,
January 2020.
56. Farah Elbahrawy and Fahad Alzahrani, “Dubai Utility Gets Record
Low Bid to Build Solar-Power Plant.” Bloomberg, October 13,
2019; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-13/dubaiutility-gets-record-low-bid-to-build-solar-power-plant.
57. “Abu Dhabi Solar Record.” MEES, Vol. 63, Issue 18, May 1, 2020.
58. Harry Apostoleris et al., “Evaluating the Factors That Led to Low-Priced
Solar Electricity Projects in the Middle East.” Nature Energy 3, no. 12
(December 1, 2018): 1109–14; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-0180256-3.
59. BP estimates that the Middle East holds 38.4% of global gas reserves.
Four countries: Iran (16.2%), Qatar (12.5%), the UAE (3%) and Saudi
Arabia (3%) hold nearly 25% of those reserves. BP, “BP Statistical Review
of World Energy 2019.”
60. Mara Hvistendahl, “Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste.”
Scientific American, December 13, 2007; https://www.scientificamerican.
com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste.
61. Author calculation using output formula: (rated capacity * 24 hours *
365 days * capacity factor estimate = yearly expected power production).
Capacity factor estimates used from “Chapter 5: Electricity.” International
Energy Outlook 2016, US Energy Information Administration, 2016,
p. 89; https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/pdf/electricity.pdf.
62. Government of the United Arab Emirates, “Energy: The Official Portal
of the UAE Government.” Government web page (Abu Dhabi, October
23, 2019); https://government.ae/en/information-and-services/enviro
nment-and-energy/water-and-energy/energy-.
63. For a discussion on what constitutes “clean coal”, see Brad Plumer,
“What ‘Clean Coal’ Is—And Isn’t.” New York Times, August
23, 2017; https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/climate/what-cleancoal-is-and-isnt.html; also: Ian Urbina, “Short Answers to Hard
Questions About Clean Coal Technology.” New York Times, July