Contents
1
Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North
Africa: Panacea or Placebo?
1
Li-Chen Sim and Robin Mills
2
The Politics of Low-Carbon Energy in Iran and Iraq
19
Robin Mills
3
Pairing Coal with Solar: The UAE’s Fragmented
Electricity Policy
57
Jim Krane
4
The Rise of Renewables in the Gulf States: Is
the ‘Rentier Effect’ Still Holding Back the Energy
Transition?
93
Faris Al-Sulayman
5
From Fuel-Poor to Radiant: Morocco’s Energy
Geopolitics and Renewable Energy Strategy
121
Sharlissa Moore
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