CleanTechnica » saudi arabia http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76283 About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a record five-year low. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC’s most influential member could potentially support global oil prices by cutting

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/feed/ 39 COP20’s Climate Urgency Underscored By Antarctic Ice Results http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:54:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75975 Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and storage schemes, commitments and funding developments, a recent retirement, and weather in the Philippines. More bad news about the environment broke. Researchers at the University of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/03/eu-draws-line-legally-binding-emissions-cuts-lima-cop20/feed/ 12 Dubai Shatters Solar Price Records Worldwide — Lowest Ever! http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/dubai-shatters-solar-tariff-records-worldwide-lowest-ever/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/dubai-shatters-solar-tariff-records-worldwide-lowest-ever/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2014 14:16:10 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75593 What a year this has turned out to be. To be honest, everyone expected solar to grow at a “good” pace. But the sector has outdone most expectations — taking the fight to the fossil camp at every possible chance. Here’s a quick recap before we delve into the big news. The year started with Recurrent Energy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/dubai-shatters-solar-tariff-records-worldwide-lowest-ever/feed/ 38 2013 EIA Stats Show Oil Price Stability Based On News, Not Supply http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:09:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70260 Let’s start this analysis with the 2013 figures for the United States (right). In general, the oil export/import status looks better for the US than it has in a long time. Although the US is a major oil producer, it has been an even heavier oil consumer, importing millions of barrels per day of oil

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/feed/ 2 BP: Easy Oil Gone In 53.3 Years http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/04/bp-easy-oil-gone-run-out/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/04/bp-easy-oil-gone-run-out/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:30:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69088 Gas2 Big Oil companies know better than most just how much oil is left in the world. The thing is, can you really trust an industry whose own estimates vary widely depending on the year and economic climate? USA Today reports that the latest BP global oil reserve estimates gives the world just 53.3 years of easy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/04/bp-easy-oil-gone-run-out/feed/ 111 Could Iraqi Generator Men Be Solar Men? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/30/generator-men-solar-men/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/30/generator-men-solar-men/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:00:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65266 Awhile back, one of our readers sent along this story on Iraqi “generator men.” The idea the reader mentioned was that these people could be providing electricity more cleanly with the use of solar power. Before getting to that, we have to summarize the backstory. Basically, there are a lot of people without reliable power

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/30/generator-men-solar-men/feed/ 1 Billions Invested In Solar Sector By Australian Households http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/21/billions-invested-solar-sector-australian-households/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/21/billions-invested-solar-sector-australian-households/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:50:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65567 Originally published on Renew Economy. Australian households are almost single-handedly pushing the country towards a clean energy future, spending billions on generating their own electricity and accounting for nearly two thirds of total investment in renewables in Australia in 2013, and virtually all of it in 2014. New global data released by the Pew Charitable

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/21/billions-invested-solar-sector-australian-households/feed/ 27 Solar’s Disruptive Potential Discussed In McKinsey Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:10:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65098 For a variety of reasons, solar companies have had a hard time profit-wise in recent years. However, that doesn’t mean their sales haven’t been growing. The solar market has grown in size year after year, and for the companies that squeezed through the toughest of financial times, the future looks very bright, disruptively bright. Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/feed/ 24 Solar Resource Mapping For The Middle East (CT Exclusive Video) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/solar-resource-mapping-middle-east-ct-exclusive-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/solar-resource-mapping-middle-east-ct-exclusive-video/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:50:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64995 Continuing my return to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week*, here’s another video I’ve been stingily holding on to. Basically, folks from Masdar Institute, IRENA, and other organizations are working on some solar resource mapping for countries in the Middle East (initially, for the UAE; now, for Saudi Arabia). Some initial solar resource mapping has been done for countries

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/solar-resource-mapping-middle-east-ct-exclusive-video/feed/ 0 Saudi Arabia Launching 1 GW Solar Tender By End Of 2014, President Of Middle East Solar Industry Association Says http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/19/saudi-arabia-launching-1-gw-solar-tender-end-2014-president-middle-east-solar-industry-association-says/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/19/saudi-arabia-launching-1-gw-solar-tender-end-2014-president-middle-east-solar-industry-association-says/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:00:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64053 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 the Saudi government has previously stated its plan to invest more than US$109 billion dollars

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/19/saudi-arabia-launching-1-gw-solar-tender-end-2014-president-middle-east-solar-industry-association-says/feed/ 0 “CSP Has Fallen By The Wayside” But May Come Back Big By 2020 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/27/csp-fallen-wayside-may-come-back-big-2020/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/27/csp-fallen-wayside-may-come-back-big-2020/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:10:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63208 Originally published on The ECO Report. In 2010, concentrating solar power (CSP) projects like Ivanpah were heralded as the future of utility-scale solar projects. Spain and the US led the world in the development of this technology. Since then, they have largely fallen to the wayside in the wake of inexpensive photovoltaics (PV) and presently

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/27/csp-fallen-wayside-may-come-back-big-2020/feed/ 27 Saudi Government & SunEdison Undertaking Feasibility Study For $6.4 Billion Solar PV Manufacturing Complex http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/10/saudi-government-sunedison-undertaking-feasibility-study-6-4-billion-dollar-pv-manufacturing-complex/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/10/saudi-government-sunedison-undertaking-feasibility-study-6-4-billion-dollar-pv-manufacturing-complex/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:10:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62463 Originally published on Solar Love. 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

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/10/saudi-government-sunedison-undertaking-feasibility-study-6-4-billion-dollar-pv-manufacturing-complex/feed/ 2 Solar PV To Hit Grid Parity, $134 Billion Annual Revenue By 2020 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/solar-pv-to-hit-grid-parity-134-billion-annual-revenue-by-2020/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/solar-pv-to-hit-grid-parity-134-billion-annual-revenue-by-2020/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:04:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53904 Navigant Research predicts the global solar photovoltaic industry will grow as prices continue dropping, reaching both grid parity and $134 billion in annual revenue by

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/solar-pv-to-hit-grid-parity-134-billion-annual-revenue-by-2020/feed/ 15 Gulf Cooperation Council’s Renewable Energy Targets — Considerable Or Weak? http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/gulf-cooperation-councils-renewable-energy-targets-considerable-or-weak/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/gulf-cooperation-councils-renewable-energy-targets-considerable-or-weak/#comments Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:00:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53641 Much has been made of renewable energy growth targets recently made by key Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Clearly, when oil-rich nations start pouring money into renewable energy, a global energy transition is ashift. However, it’s worth putting these investments into a bit more perspective. Masdar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/gulf-cooperation-councils-renewable-energy-targets-considerable-or-weak/feed/ 1 SolarReserve Wants To Build 600 MW Solar Power Plant In Saudi Arabia http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/solarreserve-wants-to-build-600-mw-solar-power-plant-in-saudi-arabia/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/solarreserve-wants-to-build-600-mw-solar-power-plant-in-saudi-arabia/#comments Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:30:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53729 This article first appeared on RenewEconomy (image added). US solar project developer SolarReserve has hopes to build a massive solar energy park in Saudi Arabia that could boast up to 600 MW of baseload capacity. The plans by the Santa Monica–based company will be submitted to Saudi authorities in the hope that the concept will be

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/08/solarreserve-wants-to-build-600-mw-solar-power-plant-in-saudi-arabia/feed/ 1 Saudi Arabia Looks To NREL For Solar Monitoring Expertise http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/18/saudi-arabia-looks-to-nrel-for-solar-monitoring-expertise/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/18/saudi-arabia-looks-to-nrel-for-solar-monitoring-expertise/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50818 This post first appeared on the NREL Newsroom by Bill Scanlon Saudi Arabia is jumping headlong into renewable energy, with plans to install more solar and wind power in the next 20 years than the rest of the world has installed to date. The oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is working with the US Department

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/18/saudi-arabia-looks-to-nrel-for-solar-monitoring-expertise/feed/ 4 15 Solar & Wind Power Stories Not To Miss (Bonus Stories) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/05/15-solar-wind-power-stories-not-to-miss-bonus-stories/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/05/15-solar-wind-power-stories-not-to-miss-bonus-stories/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:38:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49165 For an insane number of solar & wind stories CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. If you’re somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end of our daily posts on solar and wind power, simply check out these top solar and wind stories from

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/05/15-solar-wind-power-stories-not-to-miss-bonus-stories/feed/ 1 Saudi Arabia Reveals Plans For 54 GW Of Renewable Energy, White Paper Provides Details http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/saudi-arabia-reveals-plans-for-54-gw-of-renewable-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/saudi-arabia-reveals-plans-for-54-gw-of-renewable-energy/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:15:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48855 Saudi Arabia has just released a white paper for its K.A.Care program, detailing the competitive procurement process (CPP) for the ambitious plan. As it currently stands, the program aims to develop and install 54 GW of renewable energy in the kingdom by 2032, including 41 GW of solar power. The other 13 GW will be

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/saudi-arabia-reveals-plans-for-54-gw-of-renewable-energy/feed/ 1 We’re On Target For Catastrophe, But Clean Energy Technology Is Growing Fast & Ready For Massive Deployment,… But We’re Still On Target For Catastrophe http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/were-on-target-for-catastrophe-but-clean-energy-technology-is-growing-fast-ready-for-massive-deployment-but-were-still-not-on-target/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/were-on-target-for-catastrophe-but-clean-energy-technology-is-growing-fast-ready-for-massive-deployment-but-were-still-not-on-target/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:05:55 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47701 A group of international energy leaders were recently on a panel for “Sustainable Energy for All,” a major UN initiative aimed at making “sustainable energy” available for all people or the world by 2030, at the recent World Future Energy Summit (part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week). The panel was a bit more controversial than most. And,

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