Cornell Center for Energy and Sustainability, currently in New York, whose focus includes solar energy as well as carbon capture and sequestration. KAUST's green design includes a solar plant that will power the university's hub buildings and laboratories. Another component of the Kingdom's energy focus is the future King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center. This premier energy and environmental think tank's aims will be supporting reliable energy supplies to sustain the world's economic prosperity and growth, and fostering our role as an environmentally responsible energy supplier. An additional example of the Kingdom's sustainable energy efforts includes Saudi Aramco's use of solar power in some of its facilities and communities. If it should come as a surprise that the world's largest oil exporter also hopes to be the world's biggest solar provider someday, this diversification strategy was planned decades ago. Aside from their gross domestic product contribution, oil and gas have for many years played a central role in developing other, related industries and services for the Kingdom. --More
