Which Countries Use The Most Fossil Fuels?
Originally published on WRI’s Resource Watch platform, a platform which features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens.
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Saudi Arabia To Build 6.2 Gigawatts Of Wind Capacity By 2028
Saudi Arabia is set to become a regional heavyweight in wind power by the early 2020s, according to new research published this week by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, installing 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity between 2019 and 2028, 46% of the region’s total wind capacity installed during that time.
Saudi Arabia Planning 2.6 Gigawatt Solar Project Near Mecca
Middle Eastern oil giant Saudi Arabia is set to develop a mammoth 2.6 gigawatt (GW) solar park in the Makkah Region, home to the two holiest mosques in Islam, the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina.
How Electric Cars Can End The Age Of Oil
Below is an excerpt fromInsane Mode: How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil by Hamish McKenzie.*
The #1 Thing You Can Do To Respond To The Oil Oligarchs Running The World…
I’d normally save a piece like this for the weekend, but the news this morning was disgusting. In case you missed it, one of Donald Trump’s closest friends, head of his under-investigation Inauguration Committee, basically gave Saudi Arabia a pass on murdering and dismembering a Washington Post journalist, US resident Jamal Khashoggi.
Think Your Country Is Fighting Climate Change? You May Want To Think Again…
“Governments are cheating people and nature on their desire for safe planet and for protecting ecosystem,” says Stephan Singer from Climate Action Network.
Gulf Cooperation Council Expected To Install 7 Gigawatts Of Renewables By Early-2020s
Countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council are expected to install almost 7 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation capacity from renewable energy sources by the early 2020s, according to a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency.
EDF Renewables & Masdar To Build Saudi Arabia’s First Wind Farm
A consortium consisting of French-based renewable energy company EDF Renewables and Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar has been awarded the contract to build the 400 megawatt (MW) Dumat Al Jandal wind farm, the first wind farm to be built in Saudi Arabia and the largest in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia Increases Solar Targets To 20 Gigawatts By 2023 & 40 Gigawatts By 2030
According to information provided by the Renewable Energy Project Development Office of Saudi Arabia to industry news site pv magazine, the country is planning to tender 2,225 megawatts (MW) of solar in 2019 and has upgraded its long-term solar targets to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2023 and 40 GW by 2030.
Saudi Energy Minister Throws Shade At Electric Vehicles
Could electric vehicles disrupt the reign of Big Oil? Apparently not. According to Arab News, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih publicly downplayed, “what he described as the ‘hype’ of the electric vehicle market.” And he emphasized that “miscalculations around the pace of [vehicle] electrification could create ‘serious’ risks around global energy security.”
