{"id":1568,"date":"2018-03-29T07:43:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:43:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-03-29T07:43:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:43:15","slug":"worlds-biggest-solar-power-project-coming-to-saudi-means-huge-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/worlds-biggest-solar-power-project-coming-to-saudi-means-huge-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The World’s Biggest Solar Power Project Is Coming To Saudi Which Means Huge Things For Green Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, signed a contract on Tuesday to build the largest ever solar power company in the Kingdom<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both parties are expecting to produce up to 200 gigawatts of solar power in Saudi Arabia by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This agreement comes amid crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Photo of #Saudi<\/a> Crown Prince MBS in New York. To his left is CEO of Softbank Masayoshi Son, and other executives\/investors pic.twitter.com\/yPbglIoOPL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) March 26, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In efforts to support a domestic solar industry in Saudi Arabia<\/h3>\n

Both parties have signed to explore the development of local solar storage systems and the establishment of special research and development\u00a0of solar panel\u00a0companies for the agreed 2030 deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A few of us Saudi watchers were called to the Plaza Hotel in New York for a midnight press briefing for the latest in the Saudi\/SoftBank love fest \u2014 this time it\u2019s all about a mega solar project: https:\/\/t.co\/ruBG10xyGZ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5SqwbtXGOn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Anjli Raval (@AnjliRaval) March 28, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This will eventually support diverse sectors and\u00a0the creation of\u00a0advanced technology jobs in the Kingdom<\/h3>\n

It will also create almost 200,000 new jobs and increase the country’s GDP by US $12 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read:<\/em>\u00a0Almost 750,000 New Jobs Will Be Created Following The Crown Prince’s US-Saudi Agreements<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, signed a contract on Tuesday to build the largest ever solar power company in the Kingdom.\u00a0\u00a0 Both parties are expecting to produce up to 200 gigawatts of solar power in Saudi Arabia by 2030.\u00a0 This agreement comes amid crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit … ","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/03\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-10.56.09-AM.png?mtime=20180329075609","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/03\/_featuredImage\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-10.56.09-AM.png?mtime=20180329075609 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"The World's Biggest Solar Power Project Is Coming To Saudi Which Means Huge Things For Green Energy - Lovin Saudi<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, signed a contract on Tuesday to build the largest ever solar power company in the Kingdom.\nBoth parties are expecting to produce up to 200 gigawatts of solar power in Saudi Arabia by 2030.\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/worlds-biggest-solar-power-project-coming-to-saudi-means-huge-things\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/worlds-biggest-solar-power-project-coming-to-saudi-means-huge-things\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The World's Biggest Solar Power Project Is Coming To Saudi Which Means Huge Things For Green Energy\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/worlds-biggest-solar-power-project-coming-to-saudi-means-huge-things\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-10.56.09-AM.png?mtime=20180329075609\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"587\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"261\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovinsaudi\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The World's Biggest Solar Power Project Is Coming To Saudi Which Means Huge Things For Green Energy\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"lovinsaudi\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, signed a contract on Tuesday to build the largest ever solar power company in the Kingdom.\nBoth parties are expecting to produce up to 200 gigawatts of solar power in Saudi Arabia by 2030.\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/worlds-biggest-solar-power-project-coming-to-saudi-means-huge-things\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-10.56.09-AM.png?mtime=20180329075609\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"LovinSaudi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}