The GCC countries RE-readiness: Strengths and gaps for development of renewable energy technologies

This paper aims to foster understanding and development of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, to develop a generic framework to assess renewable energy readiness (RE-readiness) of GCC countries as a case study and to calculate a country’s RE-readiness score and discuss the associated gaps and strengths. Towards achieving these objectives, this study essentially serves as a “benchmark” to assess each country’s RE-readiness, identifying gaps and providing recommendations to overcome the main barriers to integrate renewable energy projects for power generation.

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