We like to keep up with news and events in NEOM, Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area. Here are some of the news sites we read regularly.
In addition to working on building the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in Saudi Arabia, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) has begun a major recruitment campaign, holding a virtual career fair. NGHC is keen to fill jobs for the green H2 facility – which will be located in the futuristic city NEOM – as its operation phase draws ever nearer.
Candela has announced that NEOM has ordered a fleet of P-12, its high-speed electric hydrofoil shuttle ships, to be used as water transport around the islands of the Saudi Arabian megacity. The Swedish boat manufacturer shared the news on Instagram, confirming that they will supply a fleet of their P-12 electric hydrofoil shuttle ships to NEOM. The deliveries will begin in 2025, in time for the expected construction deadline of the megacity in 2039.
NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) has initiated a recruitment drive as it advances the construction and operations of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, located at OXAGON in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM region. This initiative is part of NGHC’s broader efforts to build a robust workforce across various functions, including corporate, Environment, Health, Safety, and Security (EHSS), risk, operations and maintenance, finance, IT and cybersecurity.
The Board of Directors of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve Development Authority, chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, announced last Thursday the launch of the reserve’s Integrated Development Management Plan (IDMP).
Al-Nasr assumed his current position in July 2018. In July 2024. NEOM unveiled in April 2024 that it has secured a new revolving credit facility worth $2.7 billion. Al-Nasr was previously the interim president of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He began his career at Saudi Aramco in 1978
NEOM yesterday hosted its inaugural NEOM Social Responsibility Awards ceremony. The celebratory event hosted by NEOM Social Responsibility (NEOM SR) honored the outstanding contributions being made by NEOM’s employees, sectors, departments, partners, and communities in the region, NEOM said in a news release.
Put on your aprons and grab your spatulas: Top Chef is coming the futuristic $500 billion city of the future NEOM. MBC Group is taking Season 8 of the popular worldwide cooking show in collaboration with NEOM Media Industries to NEOM. The eighth season will focus on highlighting ecological awareness and sustainable living throughout the show – reflecting the core values of the futuristic city of NEOM.
When Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched NEOM in October, many wondered what the name of the mega project meant. The name “NEOM” is derived from two words. The first three letters from the Ancient Greek prefix neo-meaning “new”. The fourth letter is from the abbreviation of Mostaqbal, Arabic for “future.”
TROJENA, one of several proposed NEOM zones, will be 50 kilometers from the Gulf of Aqaba and will comprise a ski community. The project is currently being built and should be finished by 2026. The area hopes to draw 700,000 tourists and 7,000 long-term inhabitants by 2030.
In early 2021, Saudi Arabia unveiled the Line, a 170-kilometer-long linear city, part of the NEOM project. NEOM has since expanded with proposals for the region, including a ski destination set to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games, a floating port city at OXAGON, and cliffside hotels at Leyja.
Saudi Arabia wants investors to know its ambitious NEOM development is on track. Its effort is called “Ground X” and is meant to show live feeds of construction sites, project deadlines, and a “progress library” for each zone of NEOM, including Sindalah, THE LINE and TROJENA. NEOM is looking for a “PMO Specialist” to join the Ground X team, which the job posting says is “responsible for delivering a mandate to document NEOM’s progress.”
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