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.
Xendee Corporation, provider of the leading design and operation platform for distributed energy systems and Electric Vehicle (EV) fast-charging infrastructure, announces the achievement of important milestones in their contract to support NEOM, a visionary development aiming to create a sustainable and futuristic city in the northwest region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Whenever anyone thinks of NEOM, the 263,000-hectare smart city in Saudi Arabia, they envision vast, empty land where excavators are digging up the desert to bring this futuristic city to life. You wouldn’t really think that people are actually living there, but it turns out that a small community is currently thriving in the futuristic city.
A consultant who worked on Saudi Arabia's NEOM megaproject says its centerpiece called THE LINE will be more of a resort than a functioning city. Chris Hables Gray, an author and consultant who researched science fiction design aesthetics for THE LINE in 2021, told Business Insider that the futuristic city was a "resort for 0.01% of the population."
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.”
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