Saudi Arabia

Legislation

The not so magnificent six: G20 nations accused of failing on Paris Agreement pledges

New Grantham Institute paper warns the US, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Turkey yet to back up Paris goals

clock 17 November 2016 • 8 min read

Legislation

South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia ratify Paris Agreement as treaty enters force

Some 97 countries, representing almost 70 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, have now ratified

clock 04 November 2016 • 1 min read

Legislation

Germany and Saudi Arabia pledge to ratify Paris deal in 2016

German chancellor hopes for quick parliamentary approval of nation's climate plan

clock 11 July 2016 • 2 min read

Wind

Saudi Aramco and GE team up to install Saudi Arabia's first-ever wind turbine

Under Saudi Vision 2030 country aims to generate 9.5GW of renewable energy by 2030

clock 16 June 2016 • 1 min read

Wind

GE inks 1GW Vietnam wind energy development alliance

Energy giant signs Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Industry and Trade to accelerate clean energy roll out

clock 24 May 2016 • 1 min read

Solar

Swedish solar start-up Sol Voltaics wins $17m in financing round

Hefty cash injection follows the firm's announcement last month of a nanowire breakthrough that could boost solar module efficiencies by 50 per cent

clock 16 May 2016 • 1 min read

Politics

Saudi Arabia unveils plan to end oil 'addiction'

Vision 2030 will prepare Saudi Arabia for a future without oil, aimed at transforming the kingdom into a global investment powerhouse

clock 26 April 2016 • 1 min read

Investment

Saudi Arabia plans to sell state oil assets to create $2tn wealth fund

Campaigners hail a symbolic shift away from fossil fuels, but others see move as more style than substance

clock 04 April 2016 • 4 min read

Energy

IRENA: Renewable energy scale-up to reap massive benefits for Gulf states

Meeting current renewable energy plans and targets in Gulf countries would save 11 trillion litres of water and 400 million barrels of oil, report concludes

clock 20 January 2016 • 3 min read

Policy

Saudi Arabia delivers belated climate action plan ahead of Paris Summit

World's largest crude oil exporter says it will diversify economy to cut greenhouse gases by 130 million tonnes

clock 10 November 2015 •