Justin Dargin
Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
January 25, 2011
Masdar: One step back, two forward for solar in UAE?
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
The UAE has been considered a hot bed for solar energy projects and potentially solar panel manufacturing thanks to domestic and international efforts led by Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, an international renewable energy initiative and specialist in silicon-based thin-film PV module projects. But in a sudden turn of events, Masdar’s decision to postpone its construction of a solar panel factory, have revealed a new set of objectives for domestic projects and heavy subsidization models.
January 19, 2011
The EU and Gulf Cooperation Council: A New Path for European Energy Diversification
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This presentation examines some of Europe’s critical energy security challenges and EU efforts to coordinate a common European energy strategy in light of its potential geopolitical impact. Particular attention will be paid to the energy needs of Eastern Europe and discuss whether more strategic cooperation is warranted with Russia to improve overall continental energy flows. It also reviews the often fractious energy policies pursued by different member states and debate its effect on broader European efforts to promote energy security.
November 23, 2010
Contractual and Commercial Elements of Hydrocarbon Exports-What Can Be Taken Over to a Renewable Energy Export Scheme?
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Justin Dargin, Dubai Initiative Research Fellow, presented at a renewable energy conference in Casablanca, Morocco, and Tunis, Tunisia, November 2010.
November 11, 2010
Energy Expert: Supply of Gas in the Market Exceeds Demand
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Research Fellow Justin Dargin gives an interview to Russia Today Arabic on the situation of the global energy sector and its impact on the global energy market, as well as the relations between exporting and industrialized nations.
October 19, 2010
Carbon trading only way forward for GCC region, says expert
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin featured in an article concerning the signficance of carbon trading as an energy policy for the GCC.
October 14, 2010
Development of Gulf Carbon Trading
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
A harmonized pan-Gulf carbon trading platform to make cost-efficient decisions about greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement will bring immense economic, environmental and geopolitical benefits to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which currently have some of the highest per capita carbon emission rates in the world, according to Justin Dargin, Research Fellow at the Dubai Initiative and Fulbright scholar of the Middle East. Click here to watch the video.
August 23, 2010
Saudi Arabia to tap nuclear energy market
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to Nuclear Energy Insider about Saudi Arabia's nuclear energy initiative.
May 7, 2010
Carbon capping
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to Kipp Report about carbon capping and carbon trading.
May, 2010
The GCC in 2020: Resources for the future
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin quoted in The Economist Intelligence Unit report concerning GCC energy policy.
April 16, 2010
Could CSP power the UAE?
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin talks to CSP Today about UAE energy policy.
