VOL. XLV

No 15

15-April-2002

UAE

Abu Dhabi ElectricityConsumption Rise Averaged 10% Annually During 1980-98

Electricityconsumption in Abu Dhabi rose by an average of 10.2% per year between 1980 and1998, according to Khalifa al-Ghali,Associate Professor of Economics at Kuwait University, in a recently publishedbook.* Annual increases of 14% and 18.5% were registered in 1996 and 1998respectively. The growth in electricity consumption outpacedmuch slower growth rates in GDP and in the population...