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المملكة: A global orientation of a Saudi leadership .. “Today” opens the clean energy file in the Kingdom

A climate change and a annihilation of non -renewable energy sources and conflicts on limited resources, a reality that requires work to invest in clean energy, which the Kingdom put in its long -term vision to be eligible to be the clean energy oasis in the world.
And with the entry of the era of clean and renewable energy, the hopes are increasing in a brighter future, in which the Kingdom has invested strongly, to establish a solid land in the world of sustainability and lead the world towards green land with tremendous efforts and an ambitious future vision
The newspaper “Today” highlights the clean energy in the Kingdom, in an integrated file through which we monitor what it did and what the Kingdom is doing in the world of renewable energy.

Zero emissions … the Kingdom’s vision

The Kingdom benefits from its distinguished geographical and climate location to accelerate its steps towards renewable energy, driven by a wise leadership vision that has diversified energy sources, which is related to large economic and environmental benefits that belong to the country and citizens.

The National Renewable Energy Program is an example of a strategic initiative under the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Renewable Energy and the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, to increase the Kingdom’s share in producing renewable energy to the optimal level, achieving balance in the mix of local energy sources and fulfilling the Kingdom’s obligations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
And other dozens of examples that show the speed of the green transformation of Saudi Arabia, including the Kingdom’s pledge in 2021 to reach the zero neutrality in carbon emissions by 2060, and the increase in the rate of renewable energy contribution to the energy sector to 50 % by 2030, targeting the development of 58.7 GW energy Renewed by 2030 by leaving 30 % of the project.

Investment in the future

Renewable energy includes the creation of a new industry for renewable energy technology and support for building this promising sector by harnessing private sector investments and encouraging partnerships between the public and private sectors.
While the Kingdom has achieved the most competitive price in the world in the generation of wind and solar energy at a production cost that is a world record, it is with more projects aimed at speeding up the steps in the world of clean energy.
Between the King Salman Energy Project in Eastern and the Wadi Al -Dawasir Solar Energy Project in the south and the Jeddah Solar Energy Project in the West and the projects of the capital, Riyadh and Dumat Al -Jandal in the north, solar energy projects are distributed in all parts of the Kingdom, witnessing a Saudi determination to turn into clean energy, and a note of the future With the logo of vision.

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