Originally published on Solar Love. The government of Saudi Arabia will be launching 700-1000 MW worth of project tender before the end of 2014, according to the president of the Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA), Vahid Fotuhi. Given that …
Saudi Arabia Solar Tender For 1,000 MW Coming This Year
Given that the Saudi government has previously stated its plan to invest more than US$109 billion dollars into solar energy — with the aim to develop a solar industry that can provide 1/3 of its electricity by the year 2032 — the announcement isn’t surprising. But it does represent some of the first concrete action […]
Saudi Arabia Solar Tender For 1,000 MW Coming This Year was originally published on Solar Love!.
SunEdison & Saudi Arabia Looking At Building $6.4 Billion Solar PV Facility
The Saudi Arabian government, along with the noted solar developer SunEdison, is currently undertaking a feasibility study for a proposed $6.4 billion fully integrated solar PV manufacturing complex. The potential project would see the creation of a fully functional and complete “industrial ecosystem” — capable of doing everything from producing polysilicon to assembling PV modules. […]
SunEdison & Saudi Arabia Looking At Building $6.4 Billion Solar PV Facility was originally published on Solar Love!.
New High-Tech Solar Company for Saudi Arabia
A new high-tech company for the solar energy sector is going to be created in Saudi Arabia, courtesy Saint-Gobain (in particular, Jean-Pierre Floris, Senior Vice-President and President of the Innovative Materials Sector) and Prince Faisal Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. A…
Peak Oil is a Comin’, WikiLeaks Confirms
As if it wasn’t already completely self-evident, WikiLeaks has released a number of cables showing that Saudi Arabia is probably going to run out of oil a lot sooner than they’ve been claiming, and that, of course, their ability to…
What Makes Cities Smart & “10 Smartest Cities on the Planet”
TIME recently featured a video of top U.S. mayors discussing what makes cities smart. If you watch it, you’ll noticed that high-speed rail seems to be a big part of that these days. Interestingly, Fast Company recently had a post…