Solar and wind energy potential in GCC countries and some related projects

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1. INTRODUCTION
2. SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL IN GCC COUNTRIES
3. WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL IN GCC COUNTRIES
4. MAJOR COMPLETED PROJECTS IN SOLAR AND WIND IN GCC COUNTRIES
   1. Saudi Arabia
      1. Joint program with the USA
      2. Soleras
      3. Solar Village project
      4. Joint program with Germany
      5. Solar hydrogen demonstration system 350 kW
      6. KACST's independent solar programs
   2. Kuwait
      1. Power production and supply projects at KISR since 1975
         1. a. Solar cooling project
         2. b. Solar thermal application projects
         3. c. Thermal and electricity application projects
         4. d. KISR’s Solar House (application laboratory)
         5. e. Solar power plant Sulaibia complex
         6. f. Sulaibia complex plant water production
   3. Bahrain
      1. Bahrain World Trade Centre
      2. Projects at the University of Bahrain
      3. Alba solar water heater
   4. Oman
   5. UAE
      1. Etisalat
      2. Solar system for warehouse-Umm Al Quwain
      3. Dubai Civil Aviation orders solar airport
      4. New solar LED flashing beacon in The Gardens, Dubai, UAE
      5. Power traffic controllers using solar energy
      6. Green buildings
   6. Qatar
5. POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN GCC COUNTRIES
   1. The Euro-University
   2. The 600 MW offshore wind electricity
   3. A fully rotating tower powered by the sun
   4. Masdar City
   5. A Swiss-designed artificial island in Ras al Khaimah, UAE, with the aim of providing a source of clean energy ( 1 MW solar)
   6. The Lighthouse Tower
   7. Qatar GW solar electricity to the grid
   8. 500 MW concentrator solar-trough power (CSP) in Bahrain
6. DISCUSSION
7. CONCLUSION