"Saudi Arabia has the world's second best solar resource after Chile's Atacama Desert, making investment in solar a no-brainer as an alternative to burning its most precious resource. The Kingdom has for several years been talking up its plans to become a major player in solar power, Gerard Wynn, a leading market analyst has said. Four years ago a senior oil ministry official told Reuters: "We can export solar power to our neighbors on a very large scale and that is our strategic objective to diversify our economy. It will be huge.""

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