| Saudi Arabia Launches Solar Energy Program |
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| Monday, 15 February 2010 04:32 | |||
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Water desalination is critical to providing clean drinking water around the world. Today, Saudi Arabia produces 18 percent of the world's desalinated water. By building water desalination plants that run on solar energy, the Kingdom can reduce operational costs and in turn, reduce consumer costs. Saudi Arabia is a prime location to harness solar energy because of its year-round sunshine. The sun in Saudi Arabia emits about 7,000 watts of energy per square meter over an average of 12 hours every day. KACST and IBM have developed a research center to determine how best to harness and repurpose this solar energy and is preparing to implement this state-of-the-art technology. This is distributed by Qorvis Communications, LLC on behalf of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia.
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