The independent feature Within Sand has begun shooting in NEOM, becoming the first Saudi film to be supported by NEOM’s Media Industries sector.

Selected and supported by the Saudi Film Commission in a nationwide Daw’ film competition, Within Sand is being produced by Riyadh-based Alsarid Films and will be distributed by Saudi-based CineWaves films. The script has been selected and developed by Torino Lab, which was part of the Red Sea International Film Festival programs.

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NEOM announced the launch of its subsidiary company ENOWA, which will lead the development of NEOM's world-class, sustainable energy and water systems. Work to develop these utilities has begun to provide the critical infrastructure for NEOM's key projects: THE LINE, its revolutionary urban development; OXAGON, its reimagined industrial city; and TROJENA, its sustainable mountain tourism destination.

Saudi Arabia has announced that it will begin its construction of a green H2 plant as early as this month as it moves forward in its strategy to ease the dependence of its economy on fossil fuel exports.  Hydrogen is expected to be central to the global efforts to transition to cleaner energy sources. It is expected that much of the exports from the green H2 plant will be shipped to meet demand from Asian and American companies. 

Throughout history, human ingenuity has been the key driver of economic and political changes.  Whether by accident or deliberate action, humans have often developed and adopted new technologies whose impact on the rise and fall of empires and regions far exceed their original inventors’ imagination.

The NEOM project, called Helios, is led by a consortium including Air Products and ACWA Power International

Saudi Arabia will start construction of a green hydrogen plant as soon as this month as it pushes ahead with plans to export the fuel in about four years.  The kingdom is on track sell carbon-free hydrogen from a $5bn project in NEOM by 2026, according to Peter Terium, the head of energy and water for the new region. Engineers have finished flattening the site in north-western Saudi Arabia and US-based Air Products & Chemicals will soon begin building the facility, he said.