The sun rises to the occasion to offer Saudi Arabia a sustainable solution to its power crisis

When the rest of region is trying to get back on its feet in the post-global economic slowdown scenario, Saudi Arabia stands tall with an expected growth rate of about 10% this year and the next.

As the global output of data is growing exponentially, so are data centres, which need to keep pace with the demand for processing, storing and delivering huge quantities of data through a vast global network of several billion devices.

Residential, commercial and mixed-use buildings account for a large share of the power consumption in Saudi Arabia, with HVAC systems consuming nearly 70% of a building’s total power load.

Last June, Jotun launched ‘Jotashield Extreme’ to address increased demand for heat reflective and ecofriendly paints in Saudi Arabia.

According to a news release, Saudi Arabia plans to derive 10% of its electrical supply from the sun, and eventually emerge as the world’s largest source of solar energy. The Saudi government hopes that the country will be able to generate 5 gigawatts of solar energy by 2020.

Photos from the 2011 edition of Big 5 at KSA

Where there was once desert, there will now be what Saudi Arabia calls Economic Cities. With many built from scratch, these cities will fuel a massive demand for air conditioning products. David Garwood explains.

Frost and Sullivan Report says that MEP Services are set to expand in Saudi Arabia and Qatar