{"id":7471,"date":"2017-02-24T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7471"},"modified":"2017-02-24T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:19:52","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-saudi-renewables-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7471","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week &#8211; Saudi renewables programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rub_al_Khali_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rub_al_Khali_002-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Rub_al_Khali_002\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rub_al_Khali_002-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rub_al_Khali_002-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rub_al_Khali_002.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Saudi Arabia is relaunching its Saudi renewables programme.\u00a0 An announcement was made last year but but nothing much has happened since then.\u00a0 The programme is still relatively small with bids being invited for 400MWp of wind and 300MWp of solar.\u00a0 The Saudis include nuclear as renewables (which I don&#8217;t).\u00a0 The thought of providing enough cooling water for this in such a hot part of the world as well as one that is so politically unstable makes this seem a nightmare to me.\u00a0 A nuclear programme is also pressing ahead though.<\/p>\n<p>So what is going on?\u00a0 Has Saudi Arabia decided the oil age is over?\u00a0 Are they running out of oil?\u00a0 As this blog has covered before the country is uniquely dependent on oil and gas for its electricity consumption (especially gas which overlies their oil).\u00a0 Electricity is really cheap being at a very maximum 6.9cents a kWh.\u00a0 This makes it difficult for renewables to compete, but the costs are heavily subsidised.\u00a0 The low price has led to electricity demand soaring by up to 8% a year.\u00a0 One possible reason for the Saudis continuing to pump oil at low prices is they need the electricity.\u00a0 By 2030 unless something gives they will use almost all their oil domestically for electricity production.\u00a0 Hence their\u00a0 Saudi renewables programme and our interest in it, since without Saudi oil peak oil will be back.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia is relaunching its Saudi renewables programme.\u00a0 An announcement was made last year but but nothing much has happened since then.\u00a0 The programme is still relatively small with bids being invited for 400MWp of wind and 300MWp of solar.\u00a0 &hellip; 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