Kuwait is thinking big. US engineering contractor KBR announced on 18 July that “it has been awarded an advisory consulting contract by Kuwait Oil Company for the development of a country-wide masterplan for the production of 17GW of renewables and 25GW of green hydrogen by 2050.”
“Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide advisory consulting services to develop a phased strategy for the deployment of significant wind and solar power, combined with power storage capability. The renewable power capability will be linked to the production of green hydrogen for internal industrial use, as well as for export purposes.