Saudi
Arabia announced plans to create solar plants the ability of 41
gigawatts - equivalent to the power of 41 nuclear power plants - over
the next two decades
Detecting
an international expert in the field of solar energy to the Middle East
to harness solar energy will be fully sufficient to ensure global
energy security , and contribute to stimulate sustainable economic
development and job creation , as well as support efforts to protect the
planet .Said
Dr. Raed Bakirat , vice president of business development network «
First Solar » Systems solar PV Saudi Arabia «Middle East » : «The
investment in renewable energy contributes to the reduction of the
consumption of resources of oil, natural gas , power generation and free
up resources for export » .In
the meantime , predicted the King Abdullah City for Atomic and
Renewable Energy to increase growth in demand for fossil fuels in Saudi
Arabia of 3.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2010 to 8.3
million barrels in 2028 .In
this context, he said Bakirat : « simple arithmetic shows that the
potential cost , ie the cost of consumption of hydrocarbon resources
domestically at subsidized prices rather than exported in the form of
raw materials or processing materials very formidable »
.He
expected to see the future use of solar energy to run desalination
plants which consume large amounts of power in the Middle East , in
addition to large infrastructure projects , including stadiums being
built , with the preparations of some countries in the region to host
major sporting events , and many others.He
pointed out that a lot of countries in the Gulf region
, including
Saudi Arabia , do not need a lot of renewable energy sources , noting
that the enormous hydrocarbon resources are more than sufficient to
cover the requirements of domestic energy in the near future .He
stressed that the solar energy as a part of portfolio of global power
generation , is an add- competitive in terms of cost of fuel
conventional ,
with the reserves against fluctuations in fuel prices ,
pointing out that every hour provides sun planet card more than what is
needed by humans to meet the needs of the total energy for the whole
year .Bakirat
added
« The first has to meet the challenges , such as high costs and
low returns , through the development of innovative solutions , solar
energy has not been so much of the economic and reliability as it is
today » .He
added : « The discovery of the photoelectric effect by the French
physicist Alexandre Edmond Becquerel before the century and a half has
led to the realization of the possibility of generating electricity by
exposing some of the material - such as cadmium telluride or silicon -
to sunlight .
This
in turn has contributed to the emergence of a global industry dedicated
to enhancing the efficiency of the cost of solar energy , thereby
facilitating access to it » .According
Bakirat , the global concerns today , such as energy security ,
economic development , and to stop the impact of environmental
degradation , differ significantly from the requirements of the former
primitive , but in spite of changing priorities , people can still
search for solutions through the sun.It
is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia has announced plans to create solar
plants the ability of 41 gigawatts ,
equivalent to the power of 41
nuclear power plants - over the next two decades .This
ambitious and stems from purely practical motive , with the growth of
the economy and the demographics in Saudi Arabia ,
will increase demand
for electricity , respectively , and the government estimates that the
size of the demand for electricity will exceed 120 gigawatts in 2032.Projects
provide significant contributions to solar energy and increasing
efforts to generate electricity in all parts of the world , where
leaders are seeking in the Middle East to take advantage of the sun's
rays to generate sustainable local energy . According
Bakirat , involves the trend towards renewable energy sources such as
solar energy in the Middle East a lot of ironic ,
since the region
accounts for most of the world's oil exports , and is home to more than
half the reserves of recoverable oil in the world. But
from an environmental perspective , solar energy contributing to the
reduction of carbon emissions in the region , while contributing to
global economic growth and reduce emissions to improve the quality of
life
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