For the past two to three decades, and particularly in the wake of the Great Recession, clean energy transitions have been sold as a three-for-the-price-ofone policy: creating “green collar” jobs to get the unemployed back to work, using domestic resources to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, and all while reducing carbon emissions. The first of two implicit goals of this “three-fer” was the development of local, high tech industries supported by policy-driven domestic demand for wind and solar equipment. These high tech industries would, in turn, deliver the second goal of driving down the costs of clean energy technologies to the point where they would no longer require policy support.
Research Analyst Shahad Albardi is a research analyst at KAPSARC working in the field of energy policy with a focus on renewable… Shahad Albardi is a research analyst at KAPSARC working in the field of energy policy with a focus on renewable energy and its interaction with conventional fuels. She holds a BSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Expertise
- Renewable Energy and GCC Energy Systems
Publications See all Shahad Albardi’s publications
Growing energy demand in the GCC countries
For the past two to three decades, and particularly in the wake of the Great…
12th November 2019Estimating the learning curve of solar PV balance–of–system for over 20 countries: Implications and policy recommendations
For the past two to three decades, and particularly in the wake of the Great…
1st June 2018
