GCC countries are rapidly growing, driving the Middle East power demand to be doubled in 2040. The demand has been growing from 472 TWh in the year 2000 to 1132 TWh with an average growth of 5.6% a year. This is due to the increase in population, growing economy and high living standard. Renewable energy has come recently of interest and expected to contribute a share of more than 10% by 2040. The population of the GCC countries is 07% of the world population in 2014. The GCC contributes to a higher percentage of the global greenhouse gas emission than the European Union. The total energy consumption is shown in Fig. 81.1.
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