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dc.contributor.authorApostoleris, Harry
dc.contributor.authorAl Ghaferi, Amal
dc.contributor.authorChiesa, Matteo
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-03T12:38:57Z
dc.date.available2022-01-03T12:38:57Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-04
dc.description.abstractFor the third time in a decade, solar energy pricing records are tumbling in the Persian Gulf. As each previous wave of new records was met with incredulity, only for these prices to become the new normal around the world within a few years, it would be unwise to once again dismiss low prices as unrepresentative outliers. In this study, we show how local conditions and global macroeconomic factors have conspired to bring solar energy into a new regime of extreme affordability in the region and argue that the Gulf market, especially the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, represents the leading edge of the global learning curve and therefore offers a window into the likely near future of large-scale photovoltaics around the world. As this future increasingly appears to be one of previously unimaginably cheap energy, we conclude with a discussion of the ways in which the region and the world can seek to meet the opportunities and challenges of the coming renewable revolution.en_US
dc.identifier.citationApostoleris, Al Ghaferi, Chiesa. What is going on with Middle Eastern solar prices, and what does it mean for the rest of us?. Progress in Photovoltaics. 2021;29(6):638-648en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1934856
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pip.3414
dc.identifier.issn1062-7995
dc.identifier.issn1099-159X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/23577
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalProgress in Photovoltaics
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430en_US
dc.titleWhat is going on with Middle Eastern solar prices, and what does it mean for the rest of us?en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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