GCC governments in the last two years have awarded massive utility-scale solar PV projects. Dubai is the pacesetter, with Abu Dhabi, and more recently Saudi Arabia, playing catch up (MEES, 9 February 2018).
GGC power generators have been slow to join the global renewables boom, held back by a combination of readily available oil and gas for burning in power plants inadequate planning and heavily subsidized electricity prices that undermine the economics of solar. But recent sharp falls in the cost of solar panels have boosted not only large solar projects. They also make small-scale plants increasingly viable. (CONTINUED - 798 WORDS)
