In a region long shaped by oil and conflict, a different form of power is emerging — solar, not petroleum; cooperation, not confrontation. The 2022 announcement of the Prosperity Green initiative — a UAE-funded 600-megawatt solar plant in Jordan that would supply electricity to Israel in exchange for desalinated water — was more than a memorandum of understanding (MOU). It was a signal: that energy interdependence might succeed where traditional diplomacy has failed.
Three years later, the infrastructure remains unbuilt, but the concept is intact — and increasingly vital. Regional dynamics are shifting. Climate stress is intensifying. And the geopolitical center of gravity in the Middle East is being contested not only by longstanding powers, but also by new, assertive actors offering their own models of influence through infrastructure and finance. In that context, Prosperity Green is not simply a renewable energy project….
