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Pioneering PV in Saudi Arabia

Nabih Cherradi is Chief Technology Officer of Desert Technologies (DT), a Saudi Arabian solar PV developer, EPC, O&M supplier, and module manufacturer. This is quite a comprehensive portfolio and Cherradi seems most proud of the PV manufacturing facility he has set up in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The Kingdom finally seems poised to deliver on its exceptional PV promise. Importantly, this applies not only to large-scale installations, but also to rooftop systems and PV manufacturing.

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Eckhart Gouras

13 May 2019

DT’s automated 110 MW module production facility in Jeddah can be readily expanded to 500 MW and even gigawatt-scale in the next several years. | Image: Desert Technology

The announcement from KSA came shortly before this year’s World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi. The government tripled its PV installation targets for the next five years from 5.9 GW to an impressive 20 GW. And it committed to double that target for 2030, announcing a 12 year renewables target of 58.7 GW, …

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