Kuwait: First solar plant


Issue 1025 - 03 Nov 2016 | 1 minute read

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation subsidiary Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has switched on the emirate’s first utility-scale solar power facility, the 10MW Sidrah 500 plant, to supply the national electricity grid and Umm Gudair oilfield. The solar photovoltaic plant reportedly cost KD30m ($99m), representing an expensive step forward for Kuwait, which remains carbon-dependent but in 2015 unveiled plans to meet 15% of its energy demand from renewables by 2030.

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