MaterialSolved, a startup incubated by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is designing software to manage the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. The first version will be tested with 5 to 10 international universities that have research collaborations with KAUST before taking it to corporate research parks. “Solar energy has been used for thousands of years in Saudi Arabia, but we are still at an early stage when compared to other countries,” said Dr. Ahmed al-Alwani, director general of K@@
MaterialSolved, a startup incubated by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is designing software to manage the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. The first version will be tested with 5 to 10 international universities that have research collaborations with KAUST before taking it to corporate research parks. Saudi budgeted $109 billion in 2013 for a plan to generate a third of its energy from renewable energy by 2032.