Saudi shelves $200 billion SoftBank Solar project - WSJ

Reuters 

(Reuters) - has shelved a $200 billion plan with Corp to build the world's biggest solar-power-generation project, the reported on Sunday, citing officials.

No one is actively working on the project, and instead, the Saudi kingdom is working up a broader, more practical strategy to boost renewable energy, to be announced in late October, the WSJ reported.

SoftBank had announced in March a plan to invest in creating the world's biggest solar power project in Saudi Arabia, a project expected to have the capacity to produce up to 200 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.

Softbank declined to comment.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru and Tom Arnold in Dubai. Editing by Jane Merriman)

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First Published: Mon, October 01 2018. 09:24 IST