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Thriving economies need affordable, sustainable and secure electricity supply


Booming population growth, residential demand and rapid industrial development make the Middle East region one of the most dynamic power sectors in the world. Electricity consumption has been growing continuously and this trend is set to accelerate in the next decade.


Urban life in the region is energy-intensive with abundant electricity needed for air conditioning, to provide fresh water from the sea and for industrial development. Up to 100GW of additional capacity will be needed over the next 10 years - requiring investment in the region of US$1trillion.


Abundant local oil and gas means that fossil fuel is currently used to generate most of the region’s


electricity. However, there is increasing awareness that national energy policies have to improve energy efficiency and expand the domestic energy mix in order to maximise export of hydrocarbons.


The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that the Middle East region will become hotter and drier, raising the prospect of increasingly frequent droughts and a looming water supply shortage. The UN Climate Change Conference held in Doha in 2012 called for greater ambition and action on climate change. The six Gulf Cooperation Council countries are among the highest per capita emitters of carbon dioxide in the world. Can they diversify to develop sustainable electricity supplies?


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