'The Middle East and Africa (MEA) Energy Storage Outlook' analyses key market drivers, barriers, and policies shaping energy storage adoption across grid-scale and distributed segments. ergy in the Middle East, storage will provide increased flexibility between supply and demand. By storing surplus power and dispensing it whe ity. The Emirati state-owned renewables developer Masdar has begun construction on a giant solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi. The roughly AED232 billion (US$5. The report includes scenario analyses for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, and South Africa and a broader overview of. ition in the MENA region since its inception in 2009. By Rohit Kumar, associate director, and Gurleen Kaur, associate, Synergy Consulting.