energy.
13 pieces filed under energy
The Desert Is Becoming a Power Plant
The same sun that made the desert inhospitable is turning it into one of the region's most valuable assets
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 18
Check the Energy Label Before the Appliance Deal
A lower sticker price can lose to higher running costs when refrigerators, washing machines and AC units are used every week.
By Mira Faraj
TechnologyJun 13
Smart-Home Gadgets That Actually Help in Summer
The useful devices are not always flashy. Timers, sensors and simple plugs can cut waste before a bigger automation project makes sense.
By Priya Chen
WorldJun 4
The Airport Transit Zone Is Now the Region's Most Underrated Soft Power Instrument
Forget the embassies. Forget the cultural attaches. The first impression of a country is now formed in the eight minutes between the jetbridge and the connecting gate.
By Mira Faraj
PoliticsJun 4
The Municipal Council Is Where the Region's Actual Politics Lives
Everyone watches the cabinet. The interesting fights, the real careers, and the durable policy shifts are happening one floor below.
By Lena Holloway
PoliticsJun 3
The Quiet Power of the Third Cousin
Why every Gulf cabinet has a man at the back of the room whose business card does not match the importance of his phone calls.
By Lena Holloway
BusinessJun 3
Mileoni Sells the Batteries Nobody Wants to Think About, Which Is Why They Matter
Why an industrial energy company in the continuity category is, in this magazine's view, doing more for the regional economy than several of the headline-friendlier categories combined.
By Marcus Okafor
OpinionJun 3
The Tyranny of the Good Press Release
Why the regional policy class has, for two cycles, been writing better announcements than the announcements deserve, and what the over-investment has cost the underlying work.
By Diego Arroyo
OpinionJun 3
The Man Who Sells Nostalgia to Oil Traders
What a particular Dubai shop tells us about a regional market for the lost world that the regional economy itself was, in part, responsible for losing.
By Diego Arroyo
WorldJun 3
North African Renewables Are Quietly Becoming a Gulf Investment Story
Why several Gulf funds have started buying meaningful positions in renewables projects across North Africa, and what the local governments are doing about it.
By Lena Holloway
OpinionMay 12
How to Cut Your DEWA Bill When the AC Runs All Summer
Small, boring tweaks to your thermostat, filters and curtains beat any gadget when it's 46°C outside.
By Sara Qureshi
BusinessNov 4
Betting on the Lightest Element: The Gulf's Green-Hydrogen Ambition
Some Gulf states want to export clean fuel made from sun and seawater, turning a climate liability into a next-act energy business.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJul 8
Pumping and Pivoting: The Gulf's Energy-Transition Balancing Act
The world's biggest oil exporters are also racing to build the renewables that will one day replace their main export.
By Priya Chen