Need to harness solar energy underlined
“We don’t know when our resources will deplete. We observe jitters in the oil market sending prices spiraling when any political crisis or natural calamity occurs. So it is an imperative that we should take steps to harness solar energy, for which the Saudi climate is suited,” said Diya Al-Othmani Al-Othaimi, assistant professor of nuclear engineering at King Abdulaziz University.
He added that about 250 nuclear engineers have graduated from the university since the Nuclear Science Department was launched in the university.
“With some training courses those engineers could be made experts needed to supervise the generation of alternate power,” the professor said.
He urged Saudi students to study the specializations related to developing alternate energy sources.
In another development, the Saudi Polysilicon Technology Company (PTC) announced recently that it signed a SR1.42-billion ($380 million) contract for the first phase of its polysilicon plant with Hyundai Engineering Company and KCC Engineering and Construction Corporation.
The plant will be located in the Jubail Industrial City 2 and will have an initial production capacity of 3,350 metric tons of solar grade polysilicon. PTC has selected the most innovative and competitive technology allowing it to produce high purity polysilicon, which is the main raw material used in the solar industry.
Polysilicon is converted into ingot, wafers and then into solar cells that are put into panels in order to generate electricity from the sun.
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