Saudi Arabia builds massive solar plant

Saudi Arabia builds massive solar plant

In the vast Saudi desert, about a hundred kilometers south of Jeddah, the vast Al Shuaibah 2 solar power plant rises from the sand. The rows of panels shine in the bright sun, forming an impressive geometric grid. The plant has a capacity of more than two gigawatts, enough to power about 350,000 homes, and even larger projects are already under construction across the kingdom. “No one can deny the solar boom,” says Nishant Kumar of Rystad Energy…