Looking at the picture, I think Forbes has no idea, what a solar thermal power plant is.
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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Yes, but it is still getting built. https://www.solarpaces.org/saudi-factory-to-mass-produce-glasspoints-solar-steam-technology/
Ironic. Saudia Arabia would be about as poor as Afghanistan if it wasn't for burning oil.
The less oil they burn, they more they can sell to the West.
I assure you they have no issue with that.
They could probably double their output if they wanted. But they don't, they want high prices not more oil.
Saudi Arabia has a policy to reduce oil consumption locally. The government subsidizes power to the people, so if solar/wind is cheaper they will be adopted as it will save the government money.
But we wont be as industrious. God truly gives with one hand and takes with another.
When complete, the 1,500-megawatt facility
What's that? 1.5 Gigawatts? Doc’s DeLorean, took 1.21 gigawatts (GW) of power to travel through time years ago. Count me as unimpressed.
In the current list [yes photovoltaic and not thermal], that would theoretically make it the 8th largest solar power plant in the world, and this plant is meant to power an aluminum mill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photovoltaic_power_stations
A Saudi government official once publicly admitted that they want to "lead western countries from one dependency into another". Instead of buying oil from Saudi Arabia, we will buy overpriced hydrogen that will unnecessarily be transported across the world from this authoritarian shithole. This is the exact reason, why we need investments into renewable energy in our home countries, instead of importing it and being dependent on this shitty dictatorship.
We have been leading you from one dependency to another since frankincense ;)
Surprising, I thought thermal solar power was going the way of the dodo.
No, it is practical where it gets too hot for photovoltaic