Renewable Energy in the Middle East: Enhancing Security Through Regional Cooperation

By Amit Mor

Book Overview

Acknowledgments.- List of Contributors.- Introduction.- I: The Security Context. Enhancing Security in the Middle East: Current Challenges; M.K. Shiyyab.- I: Renewable Energy Needs and Strategies of the Region. Electricity and Renewable Energy; A. Mor et al.- The Energy Sector in Jordan - Current Trends and the Potential for Renewable Energy; M. Mason, M. Al-Muhtaseb.- Renewable Energy Profile for Lebanon; F. Comair.- Energy Profile and the Potential of Renewable Energy Sources in Palestine; I. Ibrik.- III: Greening Regional Energy Use. Financing Renewable Energy Policy: The Case of Morocco; H. Bouhia.- Sustainable 'Green' Rural Communities; O. Ayalon.- Solar Energy for Application to Desalination in Tunisia: Description of a Demonstration Project; K. Bourouni, M. Thameur Chaibi.- Wind Energy in Morocco: Which Strategy for Which Development?; D. Zejli, A. Bennouna.- IV: Institutional Aspects of a Regional and Global Energy System. Institutional Aspects of a Regional Energy System; M. Al-Widyan, M. Al-Muhtaseb.- Energy and Water: Interdependent Production and Use, the Remediation of Local Scarcity and the Mutuality of the Impacts of Mismanagement; T. Allan.- Conclusion: Towards a Renewable Energy Transition in the Middle East and North Africa?; M. Mason.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140209891X
• ISBN13: 9781402098918
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"