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Saudi Arabia Looks Past Oil and Pushes Ahead with Wind Energy Ambitions
Saudi Arabia has resumed its efforts to launch the kingdom’s first large-scale wind farm, totalling 400 megawatts (MW), according to the country’s energy minister Khalid Al Falih. And there are plans for further tenders to kick off this year as…
Saudi Arabia To Offer More Than 1 Gigawatt Of Solar & Wind In Second Tender Round
Saudi Arabia is set to offer more than 1 gigawatt of contracts to buy renewable electricity by the fourth quarter of this year, according to an official speaking this week. The plans are part of the country’s recently-announced intention to…
Al-Falih Announces Package of Renewable Energy Projects
Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih launched a tender process for the Kingdom’s 300 megawatts Sakaka solar project. He said more wind and solar projects are in the pipeline. Launching the major project at the Saudi Arabia…
World’s Biggest Oil Exporter Sets Ambitious Renewable Energy Goal
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude oil exporter, is launching an ambitious renewable energy program to transform its power sector. The kingdom is pledging between $30-$50 billion to develop 30 solar and wind projects over the next 10 years to…
This Map Shows the Countries with the Most ‘Toxic’ Environments on Earth
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been named the most “toxic” nations on Earth in a new report. The Eco Experts gathered data on and then ranked 135 countries based on five environmental factors: Energy consumption per capita, CO2 emissions from…
Saudis Kick-Start RE Plan
Saudi Arabia has launched the first two tenders of its much-awaited 9.5GW renewable energy program. Under Round 1, the country has opened requests for qualifications for the 400MW Midyan wind farm in Al Jouf province and the 300MW Sakaka solar…
A Six Month Probation?
The output cuts announced by OPEC and eleven non-OPEC producers have entered their probation period and it is far too soon to see what level of compliance has been achieved. The coming weeks will provide more clarity and in the…