A consistent theme within my blogs relates to identifying new solutions helping to reverse the impacts of climate change and encouraging everyday people, communities, cities, and governments to change their old ways and adopt renewable and regenerative practices. This is all leading up to a new clean green economy that will provide economic development while creating new jobs!
Saudi Arabia is a great example of a country that is advancing towards its vision for a new economy and it’s probably the one you may not think would ever make this transition. Their vision is to diversify its economy and move away from fossil fuel dependency by 2030!
Dumut al-Jandal has connected a large scale 400 MW wind farm comprised of 99 turbines, each producing electricity for 70,000 homes to the grid and began producing carbon-free electricity. When in full production the wind farm is expected reduce 1 million tons of CO2 each year and help propel Saudi Arabia’s climate change mitigation towards achieving its goals.
We cannot forget there are many indirect advantages that renewable energy brings to fruition. Saudi Arabia’s wind farm project has created more than 600 hundred jobs in the construction phase alone!
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