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  • Saudi Energy Minister: We Aim to Boost Oil, Gas Production, Plan to Export Hydrogen

    He revealed that Saudi Arabia is working to increase the gas production by 60%. Work is under way to add 4,000 kilometers to gas lines. Prince Abdulaziz indicated that the energy laboratory that was launched has an investment value of about $1 billion.

  • Three punctures can’t prevent Dylan Groenewegen from victory at Saudi Tour

    Every cyclist knows the sense of frustration that comes with a flat tyre. To have two on a single ride is outrageous, madness, too much misfortune for a Shakespearean tragedy, but three is too much. This is what Dylan Groenewegen had to put up with on his way to victory on stage one of the Saudi Tour. The first was a tragedy, the second was a farce, so it's difficult to know what a third puncture meant.

  • Blinken calls for ‘urgent steps to restore calm’ between Israel, Palestinians

    Since the start of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 35 Palestinian adults and children -- including attackers, militants and civilians. Over the same period six Israeli civilians, including a child, and one Ukrainian civilian have been killed. All were shot dead in the attack Friday outside the synagogue in an east Jerusalem settlement.

  • Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to get ready

    In the memo sent Friday and obtained by NBC News, Gen. Mike Minihan, head of Air Mobility Command, said, “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025.” Air Mobility Command has nearly 50,000 service members and nearly 500 planes and is responsible for transport and refueling.

  • Saudi Arabia Announced to launch Four New Combined Cycle Power Generation Projects

    The statement mentioned that the project are In alignment with Kingdom’s Saudi Green Initiative, and its stated greenhouse gases (GHGs) net-zero ambition by 2060, in addition to the energy sector’s objectives to ensuring security of supply, diversity of market participation, fair competition, and transparency, Contributing to raising the local content percentage and industry localization.

  • Renewables Soon to Overtake Coal in Electricity Generation

    The IEA report, released since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, says that the war has led countries "to increasingly value the energy security benefits of renewable energy." Although some of the shorter term solutions may be focused by necessity on fossil or nuclear sources, the future is looking more green. An additional factor in this ongoing shift quoted in the report were the "high fossil fuel and electricity prices resulting from the global energy crisis" that have "made renewable power technologies much more economically attractive".

  • Biden’s climate agenda has a problem: Not enough workers

    U.S. clean energy companies are offering better wages and benefits, flying in trainers from overseas, and contemplating ideas like buying roofing and electric repair shops just to hire their workers as firms try to overcome a labor shortage that threatens to derail President Joe Biden's climate change agenda.

  • Saudi Arabia gives government agencies limited options to contract with foreign firms

    Article Six of the regulations states that it does not prevent companies that do not have regional headquarters in the Kingdom or any related party from submitting offers for public biddings by any of these agencies, provided that these entities do not accept the submissions of these companies or related parties except on two occasions: The first is when there is only one technically acceptable offer, and the second is when the offer submitted by the company, which does not have a regional headquarters in the Kingdom or the related party, submitted the best offer after the overall evaluation from a technical point of view and is financially 25 percent more or less than the value of the second best offer.

  • Commentary: Points of convergence between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Saudi Vision 2030

    As of August 2022, 149 countries and 32 international organizations have signed Belt and Road Initiative cooperation agreements with China. In 2021, China' trade in goods with the BRI countries totaled 11.6 trillion yuan ($1.7 trillion), a new high over the past eight years and a year-on-year increase of 23.6 percent. The integration of the Belt and Road Initiative with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 can help achieve the development goals of both countries, especially when the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are looking for stronger cooperation with China, a market with great potential.

  • Is Green Hydrogen the Fuel of the Future? China, US, Europe Are Betting on It

    As the world sprints to decarbonize, the next round of competition revolves around a device called an electrolyzer. Plug these into clean electricity such as solar power, and it's possible to extract hydrogen from water without producing any planet-warming emissions. That's a crucial step in creating a green fuel capable of decarbonizing such industries as steel, cement or shipping.