Energy Overconsumption

Omar Bahgat 900143022

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Topcu, M. (2016). The Impact of Urbanization on Energy Demand in the Middle East .
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Sadorsky, P. (2011). Trade and energy consumption in the Middle East. Energy Economics, 33(5),
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Energy is considered as one of the most vital resources on the planet. There are many

sources of energy including renewable and non renewable resources. However, over consumption

of energy in the MENA region became a severe problem which should be reduced. The Middle

East remains the largest oil producing region, making up around one third of the world’s oil.

According to BP In 2035, the MENA regions will contributes almost 8%to global energy

consumption, although they makes up 4% of the globe population. This means, that the energy

consumption will rise by almost 50% by 2035. There are few studies regarding the causes of

overconsumption of energy in the Middle East region.

Several studies were conducted in the field of energy economics were on the relationship

between Consumption of Energy and Economic growth. According to Sadorksy the middle eastern

countries have seen a significant economy enlargement during the past decade which led to

increase in energy demand. Statistics by IEA in have seen losses in Energy In Egypt 20389GWh

and 135018GWh Losses in Energy in the MENA region in 2015. This means that over 40% of

Energy produced to the domestic supply is lost.

Topcu (2016) has discussed the Effect of Urbanization on Energy Demand in the Middle

East.Urbanization, closely related to economic development and industrialization, has then started

to become one of the driving forces for energy demand. Belloumi and Alshehry (2016) introduced

that the effect of urbanization on Energy consumption has both pros and cons on the globe, That is

mainly due to urbanization leads to expansion and enlargement in the globe economy, by

increasing the production and income, which will definitely leads to rocketing energy consumption.

One the other side, it could create economies which could lead to a rise in energy efficiency.
Topcu(2016) finds that there is a positive correlation between the Urbanization and Energy

consumption.

Perry Sadorsky (2011) discussed the affect trade on energy contemplation. She studied

energy consumption in eight middle eastern countries covering the period of 1980 to 2007. The

results of the study illustrates that the increase in trading affects the Energy demand in the MENA

region in both the short and long run.