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Energy

               Category           KPI              Result       Performance to Benchmark          SDG


                           Renewable Energy        0.00 %
                           Consumption

                           Electricity          9 032.14 kWh
                           Consumption              / yr
                           (per capita)

                           Residential
                           Thermal Energy           0.74
                           Consumption (per        Gj / yr
                           capita)
                           Public Building
                           Energy                  70.87
                           Consumption (per      ekWh / m 2
                           year)


            Lastly, while Riyadh's annual residential thermal energy consumption is low, its overall per capita electricity
            consumption is very high. This is in line, however, with the average national figure of 9 444.22 kWh (2014).
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            So, reducing this high consumption and a shift to utilizing more renewable energy should be key priorities
            for the country and for the City of Riyadh.
            Optimizing energy consumption: The kingdom has recently taken steps in this regard, including increasing
            gasoline and electricity prices and putting in place plans to issue tenders for at least 12 renewable energy
            projects in 2019 in order to diversify the country’s energy mix. Over the next 10 years, the kingdom plans
            to develop around 60 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity, including 40 GW of photovoltaic
            solar power, 3 GW of concentrated solar power and 16 GW of wind power.  At the local level, cities such
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            as Riyadh can also contribute to this goal by employing environmentally friendly incineration practices to
            convert the municipal waste (produced by the residential, commercial and public service sectors) to sources
            of production of heat and power.

            For specific projects already planned and underway in this regard, please see the section on ‘Goals and
            Projects for a Smart Sustainable Future’.

            Standards that guide modernization and optimization of various public energy use sources should be
            utilized, including, for example, Recommendations such as ITU-T Y.4458: ‘Requirements and functional
            architecture of a smart street light service’, ITU-T L.1210: ‘Sustainable power feeding solutions for 5G
            networks’, ITU-T L.1316: ‘Energy efficiency framework’ and Supplements such as L Suppl. 36: ITU-T L.1310:
            ‘Study on methods and metrics to evaluate energy efficiency for future 5G systems’.
















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