Policies to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies have been widely established for power generation, heating, cooling, and transportation. However, as renewable energy technologies have become increasingly cost-competitive and more widely deployed, policymakers have begun to focus their attention on the adaption of existing policies to reflect the rapidly changing economics of these technologies and the impacts they have may have on the energy systems in which they are deployed. Optimal renewable energy policies moving forward must, therefore, be context specific and tailored to the unique political, economic and social circumstances of the regional, national or sub-national energy systems in which they are to be applied. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a region where each member country has stated ambitions and targets for renewable energy but deployment to date has been minimal. Therefore, GCC ambitions must be translated into actions via defined policies and regulations that reflect regional context, and thus have the highest likelihood of achieving success. This paper investigates current trends in renewable energy policy with the aim of identifying those that will be the most effective and feasible to catalyze renewable energy in GCC countries. The findings show that utility-scale renewable energy auctions are a primary mode of stimulating renewable energy deployment internationally and this mechanism is optimally aligned with catalyzing renewable energy deployment in the GCC countries. However, further evolution of regionally tailored renewable energy policy will be required as auction mechanisms gain traction and renewable energy becomes increasingly prominent.

支持可再生能源技术部署的政策已在发电、供热、制冷和运输领域广泛制定。然而，随着可再生能源技术的成本竞争力日益增强且部署更加广泛，政策制定者已开始将注意力集中在现有政策的调整上，以反映这些技术快速变化的经济状况及其对能源系统可能产生的影响他们部署在其中。因此，未来的最佳可再生能源政策必须针对具体情况，并根据其所适用的区域、国家或次国家能源系统的独特政治、经济和社会环境进行调整。海湾合作委员会（GCC）地区的每个成员国都明确了可再生能源的雄心和目标，但迄今为止的部署量很小。因此，海湾合作委员会的雄心必须通过反映区域背景的明确政策和法规转化为行动，从而最有可能取得成功。本文调查了可再生能源政策的当前趋势，旨在确定那些最有效和可行的政策来促进海湾合作委员会国家的可再生能源发展。研究结果表明，公用事业规模的可再生能源拍卖是刺激国际上可再生能源部署的主要模式，这种机制最适合促进海湾合作委员会国家的可再生能源部署。然而，随着拍卖机制的发展和可再生能源变得越来越重要，需要进一步制定针对区域的可再生能源政策。