Alternative Energy Resources in the Mena Region

This book outlines the development of renewable energies in the Middle East and North Africa, it offers up-to-date information about their variability, availability and utilization, and serves as a guide for understanding the MENA renewable energy potential. Readers will find an authoritative discussion about the implementation of renewable energies, trends and forecast of solar, wind and geothermal systems applications in this region. Case studies from China, Mexico and Vietnam are also included in this book to foster the implementation of renewable energies in the MENA region.

The MENA region is known for its immense oil, petroleum and gas reserve, being one of the most important regions in the world for fossil energy accessibility and, hence, for the global economic stability. This region holds at the same time the world’s greatest potential for renewable energy and over the past few years it has been receiving national and international political support for promoting the future of solar and wind power energies. However, can the region go green taking into account the availability of the natural resources? Expert contributors from countries such as United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Turkey, and Morocco provide their perspective on this challenge and offer a comprehensive overview of the latest pilot projects for renewable energy in the region. This book will appeal to researchers, students, engineers and policymakers interested in the potential of alternative energy resources in the MENA region.

Prof. Abdellah Henni is an Associate Professor at the University of Kasdi Merbah (Ouargla, Algeria) and the team lead of the Laboratory of Dynamic, Interactions and Reactivity of Systems. His research interests focus on developing advanced engineered nanomaterials and thin films for optoelectronic applications. He has vast experience in fabricating, processing and characterizing inorganic and organic nanomaterials.

Prof. Abdelazim Negm is a Professor of Hydraulics at the Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University (ZU), Egypt, he acted as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of ZU from December 2008 to December 2011, and was the Head of the Environmental Engineering Department at the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt, from October 2013 to March 2016. He has participated in several international projects since 2006, published more than 300 papers in national and international journals and conferences and contributed to more than 50 chapters. Professor Negm is a member of the editorial board of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry book series at Springer and he has been actively contributing to the series by editing several volumes since 2017. He is also the editor-in-Chief of the Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology, and an associate editor of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration.

Prof. Djamal Zerrouki is currently Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ouargla, Algeria, and leads the Laboratory of Dynamic, Interactions and Reactivity of Systems. Her research interests focuses on environmental biotechnology, green process engineering, material sciences, and nanoparticles synthesis.