This study contributes to the knowledge on what determines Renewable Energy demand (adoption) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The increased concern over the issues related to energy security, climate change, and global warming suggest that there will be a greater reliance on the demand of renewable energy in the near future in MENA Region. In the first part of the study an econometric model was developed in order to examine the macro-level determinants of renewable energy demand in MENA countries by analyzing the contribution of financial development, international trade, oil price, CO2 emissions to renewable energy demand. The second part of the study presents four cases studies based on semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with selected stakeholders (policy makers, researchers and development agencies) in the Renewable Energy sector in Algeria, Bahrain, Morocco and Tunisia to analyze the opportunities and limits of Renewable Energy in the region.
