TY - BOOK ID - 7911596 TI - Renewable Energy in the Middle East AU - Mason, Michael AU - Mor, Amit AU - NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Enhancing Security in the Middle East Through Regional Cooperation on Renewable Energy PY - 2009 SN - 1402098901 140209891X 9786613561565 128038364X 1402098928 PB - Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Energy development -- Middle East. KW - Renewable energy sources -- Middle East. KW - Rural development -- Middle East. KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Energy policy KW - Energy industries KW - Mechanical Engineering - General KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Middle East. KW - Alternate energy sources KW - Alternative energy sources KW - Energy sources, Renewable KW - Sustainable energy sources KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - Engineering. KW - Renewable energy resources. KW - Renewable energy sources. KW - Alternate energy sources. KW - Green energy industries. KW - Energy industries. KW - Climate change. KW - Environmental management. KW - Human geography. KW - Renewable and Green Energy. KW - Energy Economics. KW - Climate Change. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Human Geography. KW - Anthropo-geography KW - Anthropogeography KW - Geographical distribution of humans KW - Social geography KW - Anthropology KW - Geography KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Climate change KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Industries KW - Power resources KW - Green energy industries KW - Renewable natural resources KW - Agriculture and energy KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Environmental aspects KW - Asia, West KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Orient KW - Climatic changes. KW - Energy Policy, Economics and Management. KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change science KW - Energy policy. KW - Energy and state. KW - Energy and state KW - State and energy KW - Industrial policy KW - Energy conservation KW - Government policy KW - Eastern Mediterranean Region KW - Middle East KW - South West KW - Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7911596 AB - Energy insecurity is not normally associated with the Middle East. However, away from the oil-rich Persian Gulf, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean are particularly vulnerable. Their fossil fuel endowments are low, while their fractious relationships with each other have long fostered wider political insecurities. Focusing on the Jordan Basin (Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan), this timely volume addresses the prospects for the adoption of renewable energy in the oil-poor Middle East. Featuring regional energy experts, it offers an invaluable survey. After outlining the regional security context, this book first reviews renewable energy policy and practices in the Jordan Basin. It then considers options for greening energy use, including promising pilot projects in North Africa. The initiatives discussed encompass renewable energy finance, energy-efficient rural communities, and solar and wind energy. There is significant potential for an increase in the uptake of renewable energy technologies in the eastern Mediterranean. This window of opportunity has been created by high oil prices, energy infrastructure investment opportunities, and the UN climate change regime. In conclusion, the book considers the institutional conditions for collaborative decision-making on renewable energy. Such cooperation would deliver substantial security and human development benefits to the region, and indeed the world. ER -