Saudi Arabia, UAE promote energy from sun and wind

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 18-22

  Dargin, Justin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABU DHABI; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EX-PORTING COUNTRIES; PERSIAN GULF REGION; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; RENEWABLES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; WIND ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUN; WIND POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY USE; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 65249148539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 00301388     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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