Solar Cells: KSA making tech inroads
The initiative for using the new technology falls into “The Kingdom’s Vision 2030”
Officials say uninterrupted power would help provide facilities around the clock. PHOTO: EXPRESS
RIYADH:
Saudi Arabia will start receiving applications on September 24 to install solar cells, with the Saudi Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority allowing international companies to register for the project’s auction. The initiative for using the new technology falls into “The Kingdom’s Vision 2030” that supports the use of solar energy in the Kingdom, relying less on oil, and giving consumers the opportunity to generate power and export the surplus energy to the national grid. Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority Governor Abdullah Al-Shehry told Aleqtesadiah Arabic daily that using solar energy will be optional and clarified that the authority has adopted regulations for the uses of solar energy titled “Small-scale Solar Energy Systems.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2017.
Saudi Arabia will start receiving applications on September 24 to install solar cells, with the Saudi Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority allowing international companies to register for the project’s auction. The initiative for using the new technology falls into “The Kingdom’s Vision 2030” that supports the use of solar energy in the Kingdom, relying less on oil, and giving consumers the opportunity to generate power and export the surplus energy to the national grid. Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority Governor Abdullah Al-Shehry told Aleqtesadiah Arabic daily that using solar energy will be optional and clarified that the authority has adopted regulations for the uses of solar energy titled “Small-scale Solar Energy Systems.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2017.