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  • Saudi Arabia's Plan to Power the Country with the Sun

    Despite being one of the world's oil giants, Saudi Arabia is trying to become a leader in renewable energy. An increasing domestic demand is threatening the oil giant's top spot as the lead exporting country of oil. The country hopes to meet a domestic demand for energy expected to double in a decade with something other than oil. Here lies the motivation for the turn to solar energy. If the country can follow through on its admittedly ambitious plan to meet their countries electricity demand with the sun, it can keep more oil available for trade worldwide.

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    They'll need to work on battery storage plants as well - otherwise, they will simply be creating a lot of noon-time power from solar and then running base-load plants after 3pm until the heat dies down at night. If it is to supplement oil somewhat, then they need to drive far more EVs and plan to recharge mid-day to suck-down the solar peak power (which is a good idea for powering rechargeable transportation off the day's primary solar peak). Maybe Tesla can cash in on this?
    PowerOne 3.6 x 2, 32 SolarWorld 255W mono

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