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Saudi shelves $200 billion SoftBank Solar project - WSJ

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Last Updated : Oct 01 2018 | 9:35 AM IST

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has shelved a $200 billion plan with SoftBank Group Corp to build the world's biggest solar-power-generation project, the Wall Street journal reported on Sunday, citing Saudi government officials.

No one is actively working on the project, and instead, the Saudi kingdom is working up a broader, more practical strategy to boost renewable energy, to be announced in late October, the WSJ reported.

SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son had announced in March a plan to invest in creating the world's biggest solar power project in Saudi Arabia, a project expected to have the capacity to produce up to 200 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.

Softbank declined to comment.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru and Tom Arnold in Dubai. Editing by Jane Merriman)

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