A senior Saudi official said the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom would
need nuclear reactors to meet its expected energy needs by
2030.
Khaled Suleiman, vice president of the King Abdullah City for Atomic
and Renewable Energy, said Saudi Arabia would need a base load of 40
gigawatts to meet its energy needs, Middle East Newsline reported.
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"In 2030, there is a need of at least 40 gigawatts of base load in
winter," Suleiman told a conference in Jedda on Oct. 5. "This can be
satisfied by nuclear. And in the summer we would increase it to 70-75
gigawatts."
Suleiman's address marked a rare reference by a senior Saudi official of
the need for a major nuclear energy program. Saudi Arabia has reported an
eight percent increase in power demand over 2009.
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