RENEWABLE ENERGY

Saudi Restarts Renewable Energy Investment Plans with up to $50b in Solar, Wind by 2023

In recent weeks, the Saudi Green Initiative and the Middle East Green Initiative have been announced.
Saudi Arabia appears to be re-starting its efforts to expand renewable energy projects to meet growing domestic power needs with up to $50b invested through 2023, according to reports and comments by the Kingdom's energy and industry minister Khalid al-Falih.

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Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia creates unit to focus on renewable energy

Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry has created a new division to drive the kingdom’s renewable energy plan, which will begin reviewing interested companies for projects this...

 

War in Yemen

Perspective: Trump Admin to Shift Toward Saudi Position on Yemen War

The Obama administration had diverged, at least partly, from the Gulf position in Yemen by pushing the G.C.C. and the Hadi government toward a negotiated...

 

U.S.-Saudi Energy

GOP border tax may leave US with no Middle East friends, analyst says

Croft said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis could push the White House and Republican lawmakers to...

 

Aramco Reserves

Saudi Oil Minister Says Aramco Reserves Audit ‘Very Reassuring’

The results so far are “in the positive side” and higher than the company’s own reserves estimate, Al-Falih said, declining to identify the auditors....

 

Women in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh celebrates first Saudi Women’s Day

Riyadh celebrates its first Saudi Women’s Day, which started on Wednesday and will last for three days, with a large turnout expected....

 

Saudi Aramco IPO

Saudi Aramco likely to list on multiple exchanges at same time

Saudi Aramco is likely to list its shares simultaneously on more than one exchange but this is still under evaluation, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said...

 

Citizen's Account

One million Saudi families register for Citizen’s Account scheme so far

The number of families and individuals also add up to the existing 850,000 families already registered under Saudi Arabia’s social security program and who are...

 

Hotel Jobs

Million jobs await Saudis in hotel, tourism sector

Majed Al-Anazi, principal of the College of Tourism and Hotel Business in Madinah, said major hotel companies were competing with one another to recruit his...

 

Dangerous Driving

Why not a Saudi MADD?

For the past couple of decades, there have been many road safety programs organized by the traffic department. Fines have also been increased. Jail terms...

 

Saudi Aramco

Saudis Talk Up Aramco As Asia Oil Price Rises

Saudi Arabia’s state oil company crude reserves are showing “very reassuring” results during an audit, energy minister Khalid Al-Falih said Thursday....

 

Weather in Saudi Arabia

When it snows in the Saudi north

MANY cities in the Kingdom’s north experience sub-zero temperatures around this time of the year with roads and mountains blanketed by snowfalls. And it is...

 

Security

Saudi sentenced 7 years in prison for entering Syria, joining Al-Nusra

The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh issued a preliminary verdict Thursday of seven years in prison against a Saudi national after being found guilty of...

 

Singapore Diplomat

Singapore to cane Saudi diplomat for molesting hotel intern: paper

A Singapore court sentenced a Saudi Arabian diplomat to four strokes of a cane and more than 26 months in jail for molesting a young...

 

Dubai 24 Hours

Saudi Hankook Racing Team wins Dubai 24 Hours Endurance Race

Saudi motorsport got off to a rousing 2017 season start after Saeed Almouri led the Saudi Hankook Racing Team to victory in the Hankook 24...

 

Saudi-Bahrain Causeway

King Fahd Causeway to undergo expansion to double capacity

Under new engineering designs, the number of arrival lanes would be increased from 17 to 33 to be able to accommodate the ever-growing traffic and...

 

Makkah Marble

Why Makkah’s marble flooring is cool to touch

Saudi Arabia imports rare Thassos marble flooring from Greece that reflects the sun’s rays and in turn the heat during the day....

 

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U.S.-Iran

Commentary: Is Trump Trying to Tweet Us Into a War With Iran?

First the good news. The elements of the official statement calling out Iran’s destabilizing behavior in the Middle East are on point....

 

U.S.-Iran

US planning additional sanctions on Iran

The White House is expected to impose additional sanctions on Iranian entities under existing executive orders that predate President Donald Trump, according to sources familiar...

 

ME Business

Commentary: Trump’s reset of Middle East ties will hit business

US bilateral trade with the Muslim world topped $220 billion and was growing fast. Let’s see if it can be sustained in the era of...

 

Global Oil Markets

Oil prices may be about to hit a ceiling

A ceiling may be fast approaching for crude oil prices as U.S. supply pressures re-emerge in response to rising production, analysis find....

 

M&A

Corporate merger and acquisition activity surged across Europe, Middle East and Africa

Globally, M&A activity hit $258.2bn in January, a 38 per cent surge on the same month last year and the highest level for the month...

 

Anti-ISIS Campaign

Is ISIS Breaking Apart?

Others, such as Colin Clarke and Chad Serena, see the dynamic as more problematic, one that could possibly lead to the emergence of smaller, and...

 

Bahrain F-16 Sale

Perspective: Bahrain Needs the F-16; The F-16 Needs Bahrain

The U.S. can avoid an own goal by approving the sale to Bahrain without conditions. Doing so will tell our Gulf allies we stand by...

 

Iran-Gulf

Is an Iranian-Gulf Arab Rapprochement in the Works?

Iran and most of the GCC countries, notably Saudi Arabia, have been rivals at two interlocking and crucial levels since at least the 1979 Islamic...

 

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