Where will proposed investment be focused in order to reduce dependency on fossil fuels?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice-Chairman, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy from The Report: Dubai 2013
Articles & Analysis | Closing the loop: Gearing up to boost renewables and cut emissions from The Report: Dubai 2013
Although the UAE population’s stood at 8.2m in 2010, according to the latest information from the UAE’s National Bureau of Statistics, the country’s per capita energy consumption is one of the highest in the world. A combination of factors like high per capita income and a warm climate contribute to the rate of energy usage. Dubai has one of the...
Alors que le Ghana semble bien parti pour atteindre cette année son objectif de production maximale dans son plus grand champ pétrolier, le Jubilee, l’exploration pétrolière offshore s’est accélérée en Côte d’Ivoire, avec à la clé deux importantes découvertes depuis décembre 2011. Grâce à ces découvertes, l’État vise une production de 200 000 barils par jour (bbl/j) d’ici 2018, contre 32 000 bbl/j actuellement.
Ongoing energy concerns continue to plague Jordanian manufacturers despite an overall resilient performance from the sector in 2012. As the country grapples with slow economic growth, subdued international investment and a mounting public budget deficit, industrialists are working to combat a new wave of electricity tariffs that have already contributed to a rise in production costs.
Stretching over 17,500 islands and home to around 245m people, Indonesia is a vast, diverse nation with a rapidly growing economy, extensive natural resources and a range of sectors ripe for investment. By far the largest country in ASEAN in terms of both population and area, Indonesia is responsible for one-third of the 10-nation bloc’s total GDP.
Chapter | Infrastructure from The Report: Indonesia 2013
With its low debt-to-GDP ratio and abundant resources, growing consumer demand, healthy political discourse and rising investment, Indonesia is set to lead the region and could become the world’s sixth-largest economy by 2030. The country has 11 commercial ports, more than 200 airports, an estimated 17,508 islands and around 245m people. The government is working to address the current lack of...