A Review of the Challenges of Energy Sector and Prospects of Renewable Energy Utilization in Yemen

Abstract

The study attempts to review the potentials and the challenges confronting the utilization of renewable energy resources in Yemen. The paper on specifics tries to find out how Yemen can increase the country's electricity generating capacity, as well as to explore the possibility of utilising renewable energy in the Republic of Yemen. Content Analysis has been used in planning the subject of this research and analyzing the whole data collected from the relevant secondary sources. The design in this particular research is used to demonstrate understanding and to study current energy challenges and how alternative renewable energy such as solar energy can reduce the need for Yemen to build new fossil fuel generation power. The study reveals that Yemen has unexplored potential in terms of wind energy which can be developed to produce nearly 14, 214 MW, solar energy with the potentials of producing about 2210MW, while geothermal energy can produce about 28.5 GW of electricity.