Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » John B. Shannon http://inhabitat.com Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sun, 19 May 2013 19:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc 500 Kilowatt Solar Power Plant Constructed in the Kingdom Desert, Saudi Arabia http://inhabitat.com/500-kilowatt-solar-power-plant-constructed-in-the-desert-kingdom-saudi-arabia/ http://inhabitat.com/500-kilowatt-solar-power-plant-constructed-in-the-desert-kingdom-saudi-arabia/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:00:06 +0000 John B. Shannon http://inhabitat.com/new-post-submission-22/
Saudi Arabia leading the solar charge? It sounds unlikely, but Saudi Aramco and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, in partnership with the Saudi Electricity Company, have just completed construction of a 500 kilowatt working solar power plant in the Kingdom desert. Rather]]> Saudi solar power, solar power plant, solar power middle east, renewable energy middle east, green energy middle east, solar power desert, solar power desert middle east

Saudi Arabia leading the solar charge? It sounds unlikely, but Saudi Aramco and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, in partnership with the Saudi Electricity Company, have just completed construction of a 500 kilowatt working solar power plant in the Kingdom desert. Rather than burn 28,000 barrels of diesel per year at the Farasan Island facility to produce electricity, the Saudis have decided to let the sun do all the work. This project is one of many solar projects that the Saudi government has recently approved and constructed.

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