The potentials for energy savings in the gcc economies

Abstract EN

Energy efficiency measures and policies are on the rise globally.

The Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) states are witnessing significant growth in domestic energy needs to meet growing demographic pressures and an accelerated energy-intensive industrialization drive.

These domestic energy requirements are bringing to surface challenging implications and trade-offs on the development and allocation of hydrocarbon resources between export and domestic demands.

Energy efficiency is seen in the GCC as a primary candidate to deal with these challenges.

This study is an attempt to examine closely the energy efficiency question in the GCC economies.

The two major outcomes of the paper are a detailed assessment of energy intensities of the GCC economies in relation to those of other world economies and a quantification of energy-saving potentials in the GCC based on this assessment.