[MCN] Saudi Arabia endorses distributed (e.g., rooftop) solar generation

[Lance Olsen]

Saudi Arabia will let households produce solar energy and sell any surplus back to the power grid <http://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/click/10443119.1850/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMTctMDgtMjEvc2F1ZGlzLXdpbGwtbGV0LWhvdXNlaG9sZHMtcHJvZHVjZS1zb2xhci1lbmVyZ3ktYW5kLXNlbGwtdG8tZ3JpZD91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fdGVybT0xNzA4MjQmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWNsaW1hdGVjaGFuZ2Vk/58ffbaf7dd4c29967b8b4646B2cd64c72>. Consumers will be allowed to install photovoltaic systems with a capacity of no more than 2 megawatts.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/saudis-will-let-households-produce-solar-energy-and-sell-to-grid?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=170824&utm_campaign=climatechanged <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/saudis-will-let-households-produce-solar-energy-and-sell-to-grid?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=170824&utm_campaign=climatechanged>

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“Things are happening right now with the ice sheets that were not predicted to happen until 2100,” Schlesinger says. 
“My worry is that we may have passed the window of opportunity where learning is still useful.” 

John Bohannan, ”Trying to Lasso Climate Uncertainty.” 
SCIENCE, 13 OCTOBER 2006
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"In order to control climate change, a range of radical policies will have to be adopted by the world’s authorities – 
towns, cities, states, national governments and their agencies, and international organisations.”

Paul Fisher, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/how-g20-can-supercharge-green-finance


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