4 factors driving renewable energy in Saudi Arabia

Feb 13, 2018

A Saudi man walks on a street past a field of solar panels at the King Abdulaziz city of Sciences and Technology, Al-Oyeynah Research Station May 21, 2012. Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, may finally be getting serious about overcoming the technical and financial hurdles for tapping its other main resource: sunshine. Saudi Arabia wants to generate much more solar power as it lacks coal or enough natural gas output to meet rapidly rising power demand. Doing so would allow it to slash the volume of oil it burns in power plants bankrolled by billions of dollars worth of saved oil earnings. Picture taken May 21, 2012. To match story SAUDI-SOLAR/ REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS)

The four key drivers that will accelerate solar energy in Saudi Arabia Image: REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

Mounir Kabbara

Mounir Kabbara, Senior Manager – Government & Public Sector Consulting, PwC

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