> It would satisfy 10% of the world's demand of electricity. That doesn't sound right. According to the (better) article from Bloomberg [1], "Saudi Arabia’s e

> It would satisfy 10% of the world's demand of electricity. That doesn't sound right. According to the (better) article from Bloomberg [1], "Saudi Arabia’s electricity generation capacity ... stood at 77 gigawatts in 2016", which that article points out is a third of this new project's. I don't work in electrical production, but I don't think this capacity will work for 10% of the world. Wikipedia [2] agrees with your assessment of ~2300GW for worldwide average production; but I think the problem is how an average production number is calculated as compared with quoted output numbers for a given installation. EDIT: Hmm, if Saudi Arabia produces ~3.3% of the world's electricity currently, then maybe this does represent enough for a substantial percentage of the world's population, assuming the production and capacity numbers are comparable. (Deriving 3.3% from 77GW of 2311GW, which I recognize come from different years.) Anyone who knows more about this care to weigh in? [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-28/saudi-arabia-softbank-ink-deal-on-200-billion-solar-project https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-28/saudi-ara... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_generation#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_generation#Product...