Economy
The Shift Toward Energy Decentralization in the Middle East: Solar Power as an Economic and Social Necessity
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Beirut Today: For decades, Middle Eastern countries relied on a model of large centralized grids for energy production and distribution, a model strongly associated with the concept of the “patron state.” In this system, governments bore the greatest cost of subsidizing electricity prices, which over time strained budgets and led to the accumulation…
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