Featured in Why waste this space? – 07-2012

Waiting game

Saudi Arabia: In May, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia unveiled an expansive renewable energy program, whetting the appetite of the solar industry. But until full details of the program are made clear, players are sitting tight.

To keep the air-conditioning running and extract maximum value from its fossil fuels industry Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has announced an ambitious, albeit long-awaited, grand plan for making renewables a major component of its energy mix over the next two decades, targeting an installed capacity in excess of 54 MW. And because …

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