沙特将通过建设太阳能发电厂来出口更多原油

原标题：沙特将通过建设太阳能发电厂来出口更多原油

中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油1月12日消息称，随着海湾石油巨头恢复其可再生能源项目，沙特阿拉伯正在寻找公司建造四座太阳能发电厂。

根据可再生能源项目开发办公室发布的一份声明，该能源部正在为建设总发电量为1200兆瓦的太阳能发电站的项目寻找投标商。

作为欧佩克组织中最大的生产国，沙特阿拉伯正在转向太阳能和风能发电，以减少国内的石油发电需求，从而释放出数十万桶原油用于出口。沙特的目标是到2030年建成6万兆瓦的可再生能源发电厂，几乎相当于该国目前的总发电能力。能源部将向私营企业招标，让它们建设约三分之一的产能，而主权财富基金将为剩下的产能寻找合作伙伴。

根据这份声明，能源部将在2月6日前向有兴趣的投标商征求资质，并计划在3月19日发出建设这些工厂的招标书。这四家工厂构成了政府可再生能源计划的第三轮招标。

曹海斌 摘译自 世界石油

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Saudis to free up more crude for export by building solar power plants

Saudi Arabia is seeking companies to build four solar power plants as the Persian Gulf oil giant resumes its renewable energy push.

The energy ministry is seeking bidders for the projects to build plants capable of generating a total of 1,200 megawatts of solar power, according to a statement from its Renewable Energy Project Development Office.

Saudi Arabia -- the biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -- is turning to solar and wind power so it can burn less oil for electricity at home, freeing hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude for shipment abroad. The kingdom aims to build 60,000 megawatts of renewable energy plants by 2030, nearly as much as its total generation capacity now. The energy ministry will issue tenders for private companies to build about a third of that capacity and the sovereign wealth fund will find partners for the rest.

The ministry will seek qualifications from interested bidders by Feb. 6, and on March 19 it plans to issue a request for proposals to build the plants, according to the statement. The four plants make up the third round of tenders in the government’s renewable energy plan.