Saudi Arabia’s NEOM to build renewable-powered desalination plant
The controversial planned city will partner with a Japanese and a French company in the endeavor.
Saudi Arabia’s futuristic planned city NEOM plans to build a water desalination plant powered by renewable energy.
NEOM signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with the Japanese trading company Itochu and the French energy company Veolia to build a desalination facility powered completely from renewable energy. NEOM plans for the facility to produce 500,000 cubic meters a day of water by early 2024, according to a press release.
