Reports and Publications

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2020 Reports

• Green Debt Market in the MENA Region _ CEBC report _ November 2020
• White Paper: Accelerating Private Finance for the Arab Renewable Energy Transition
• CEBC-UNDP Discussion Paper: Accelerating private finance for the Arab climate transition
• CEBC Webinar Summary | The Impact of COVID-19 on ESCO M&V Activities | 4 June 2020

2019 Reports

• Dr. Nasser Saidi – CEBC Webinar (A Pandemic, Oil Price Collapse, A Recession: Is the Future still Green?)
• CEBC Webinar Summary (A Pandemic, Oil Price Collapse, A Recession: Is the Future still Green?)
• Case Study: Solar Integrated Construction Micro-grids
• Case Study: Off-grid Solar-Diesel-Battery Hybrid System with 1.5 Axis Trackers
• Coalition for Action’s latest white paper Towards 100% Renewable Energy: Utilities in Transition
• Case Study: ISO 50001 Energy Management System – Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives S.A.O.C (AVOD)
• Executive Summary of WEC Side Event ‘Sustainable Finance and Carbon Markets’ – 12 Sept 2019
• CEBC White Paper (ESCO Market in MENA: Challenges vs Opportunities) – September 2019
• Markets negotiations under the Paris Agreement: a technical analysis of two unresolved issues, June 2019
• Communiqué of the Alliance in the margin of the UNESCO Water Conference
• CEBC Annual Survey Report – Clean Energy in MENA: Industry and Workforce Readiness – April 2019
• Cefas – Gulf Non Native Species Review Recommendations
• Cefas – Gulf Marine Litter Review Recommendations
• Cefas – Gulf Desalination Review Recommendations

2018 Reports

• World Economic Forum – Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation – May 2018
• IRENA – Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy: Market and Industry Trends – May 2018
• IRENA – Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2018 – May 2018
• Energia – Levers of Change: How Global Trends Impact Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Access to Sustainable Energy, May 2018
• IRENA – Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050 – April 2018
• RES4MED – 2018 Country Profile – Morocco – March 2018
• IRENA – Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition – April 2018
• IRENA – Renewable Capacity Statistics 2018 Summary and Highlights – March 2018
• IRENA – Renewable Capacity Statistics 2018 – March 2018
• Lappeenranta University of Technology – The role that battery and water storage play in Saudi Arabia’s transition to an integrated 100% renewable energy power system – June 2018
• EDA – Leveraging Market Mechanisms for Climate Change Mitigation in the UAE and the Gulf Region – March 2018
• World Economic Forum – Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2018 (Country Scorecards) – March 2018
• World Economic Forum – Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2018 – March 2018
• MESIA – Annual Solar Outlook Report – March 2018
• IRENA – Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2017 – January 2018
• KPMG – Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Report – January 2018
• IRENA – Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance – January 2018
• CEBC Energy Efficiency Working Group White Paper – Energy Efficiency in the GCC – Status and Outlook – January 2018
• RES4MED – Enabling the Development of Decentralized Renewable Energies in Africa – January 2018
• IRENA Coalition for Action – Scaling up Renewable Energy Investment in Emerging Markets – January 2018

2017 Reports

• UNESCWA – Guidebook for Project Developers for Preparing Renewable Energy Investments Business Plans
• UNESCWA – Case study on policy reforms to promote renewable energy in Morocco
• Arab Forum for Environment and Development – The Arab Environment in 10 Years
• RCREEE – Socio-Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Egypt (December 2017)
• Report: How to make Carbon Taxes more acceptable (2017)
• Report: Global Governance of Carbon Capture and Storage: Role for the GCC? (EDA Insight, December 2017)
• The 2017 Climate Survey Evaluating Progress on Climate Change
• CEBC: Women in Clean Energy Report 2017
• Report: Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030 (RethinkX, 2017)
• Report: Electricity Storage and Renewables (IRENA, October 2017)
• IEA: World Energy Outlook 2017 – Executive Summary
• IRENA Report: Renewable Energy and Jobs 2017
• Report: Road Tech, addressing the challenges of traffic growth (abertis, 2017)
• Frankfurt School/BNEF: Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017
• IEA: Key World Energy Statistics 2017
• Deloitte: Responsible investment – New thinking for financing renewable energy (2017)
• State of the Green Economy Report – 2017
• Report: OECD Green Growth Indicators 2017
• Adapting Market Design to High Shares of Variable Renewable Energy (IRENA, May 2017)
• BNEF Report: How much oil are electric vehicles displacing? (March 2017)
• IRENA: Planning for the renewable future: Long-term modelling and tools to expand variable renewable power in emerging economies (January 2017)
• Report: Boosting Solar PV Markets (IRENA, 2017)

2016 Reports

• Report: IEA World Energy Outlook 2016
• RCREEE and UNDP: Arab Future Energy Index Afex 2016
• Mercatus Global Advanced Energy Insights Report 2016
• Working Paper: IRENA, The Renewable Route to Sustainable Transport (2016)
• Report: The Power to Change – Solar and Wind Cost Reduction Potential (June 2016)
• Renewable Energy ‎Market Analysis: The GCC Region (IRENA, January 2016)
• Unlocking Renewable Energy Investment (IRENA, 2016)
• EY: Power transactions and trends (2016)
• REN21: Renewables 2016 Global Status Report

2015 Reports

• BNEF: Global Trends in Clean Energy Investment (October 2015)
• Report: Ernst & Young Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (June 2015)
• IRENA: Africa 2030: Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future (2015)
• EWS-WWF Report: What is Holding Back the Private Sector? A UAE Investigation into energy and water efficiency barriers (2015)
• Report: IRENA – Battery Storage for Renewables – Market Status and Technology Outlook (January 2015)
• IEA: Renewable Energy Media Term Market Report (2015)
• Deloitte: Smart Cities: Not just the sum of its parts (2015)

2014 Reports

• Report: Advancing and maximizing the value of Energy Storage Technology, California ISO (2014)
• IMF: Working Paper – Taxing Fossil Fuels under Speculative Storage (December 2014)
• Report: Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index (November 2014)
• IRENA: The Socio-economic Benefits of Solar and Wind Energy (2014)
• IRENA: Estimating the Renewable Energy Potential in Africa (2014)
• Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment | Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) & Frankfurt School
• IEA Solar Thermal Electricity Roadmap 2014
• Report: Finance Options for Clean Energy (2014)
• Power Transactions & Trends Report | Ernst & Young (2014)
• IRENA: Rethinking Energy 2014
• Achieving a Sustainable Water Sector in the GCC | PWC and Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Co) (2014)
• Ren21 Renewables Global Status Report 2014
• CEBC Report: Water and Energy in MENA: Challenges, Opportunities, and Potential – January 2014
• A Roadmap for Renewable Energy in the Middle East & North Africa | Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (January 2014)
• Roadmap: California Energy Storage Companion Document (2014)
• Report: MENA Cleantech report – CEBC, MESIA and Ernst and Young (2014)
• IRENA: Renewable Energy & Jobs: Annual Review 2014
• EPIA: Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics 2014-2018 (2014)

2013 Reports

• DEWA Sustainability Report 2013
• Working Paper: IMF – How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries’ Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits (2013)
• CSP Alliance: The Economic and Reliability Benefits of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage (2013)

2012 Reports

• Reports: Women and the World of Work: Empowering the Third Billion (2012)

2011 Reports

• REN21, Renewables Global Status Report, 2011
• Worldbank and ESMAR, Middle East and North African Region Assessment of the local manufacturing potential for CSP projects, 2011
• The transition to efficient lighting in the Middle East and North Africa, Draft Report prepared by Prof. Ibrahim Abdel Gelil, Sept 2011
• Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind Report – Annual Market Update 2010, March 2011
• Bloomberg New Energy Finance, White Paper, Sun sets on oils for Gulf power generation, 2011

2010 Reports

• International Energy Agency, Technology Roadmap, Concentrating Solar Power, 2010

2009 Reports

• Energy Vulnerability in the Arab Region – UN ESCWA
• Booz & Co, A New Source of Power. The Potential for Renewable Energy in the MENA Region (2009)
• KAUST, Saudi Arabia Solar Energy Study – Manufacturing and Technology Assessment, 2009