News
01 October 2018

Saudi Arabia powers down on $200bn Softbank solar project

In:
Renewables
Region:
Middle East & Africa

A Wall Street Journal report claims that Saudi Arabia is no longer pursuing its $200 billion plan with SoftBank Group Corp to install 200GW of solar capacity by 2030. Instead the Kingdom is drawing up a more practical renewable energy stategy which will be announced in late October.

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