Of that, 25GW would come from concentrating solar power (CSP) and 16GW from PV. Wind, geothermal and nuclear would contribute another 21GW.

The targets will not be formally adopted by the government until later this year, and even then they are likely to remain non-binding. But the sheer size of the solar aspiration – by far the world’s most ambitious – underscores the seriousness with which Middle Eastern countries have started taking solar energy since the price of crystalline silicon modules went into freefall.

The