Saudi Arabia Completes Its Biggest Solar Power Plant

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Saudi Arabia completed its biggest ground-mounted photovoltaic plant as the world’s largest crude oil exporter seeks to generate a third of its electricity with energy from the sun by 2032.

Germany’s Phoenix Solar AG developed the 3.5-megawatt plant in Riyadh that uses 12,684 panels from China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. and inverters from SMA Solar Technology AG, Phoenix Solar said in an e-mailed statement.