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The geopolitics of hydrogen is bringing Saudi Arabia and the GCC closer to Europe

  • It is becoming clear for those who follow Saudi Arabia’s economic reform, that the Kingdom has grand plans to become the top supplier of hydrogen in the region and the world. This is driven by Saudi Arabia’s quest to diversify its export, build a new renewable industry, lower its carbon footp...
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Long coastlines and large deserts make wind power a natural option for GCC nations

  • The worldwide wind power market is forecast to jump from around 730 gigawatts this year to 1,200 GW by 2025 with a $17.8bn market value, according to the Global Wind Energy Council’s 2022 Wind Energy Outlook report. On and offshore global wind generation capacity has leapt by a factor of almo...
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Smart cities must lead the way to a sustainable future

  • Today over half of the world’s 7 billion population live in cities, and more than two-thirds of people are expected to live in urban areas by 2050. Forecasts say that by 2050 about 64 percent of the developing world and 86 percent of the developed world will live in metropolitan areas. Further...
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Gearing up for a ‘Made in Saudi Arabia’ Lucid EV

  • Few months ago, I wrote an article in Arab News titled “Investing in EV to Achieve Sustainable Growth.” In the article I talked about Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s bold move to invest in Lucid Inc. Lucid is a US company, which makes premium electrical vehicles that will compete with t...
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Energy transition: Nuclear power should be part of the solution

  • The European Commission recently announced its plans to declare nuclear power a sustainable form of energy. This has raised many eyebrows and had people fuming in places like Germany, which has plans to phase out its nuclear power by early 2023. Critics are calling the step by the EU “greenwa...
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Kingdom’s bold move to realize ‘Saudi-made’ hydrogen industry

  • Saudi Arabia signed last week eight deals with a number of local entities to implement hydrogen transport projects as part of Vision 2030. The deals will promote in-Kingdom development of fuel cell-based cars, buses and trains, transportation applications and sustainable jet fuel production i...
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Time to increase cooperation on carbon capture, storage

  • Last month, the US Department of Energy announced funding for several research projects for developing new methods of capturing and storing carbon from the air. “This investment in carbon capture technology research through universities and DoE laboratories will position America as a leader i...
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