Al-Jouf is a city and an oasis located in the north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and this region is situated on a unique location, where it is located on the northern edge of the Nafud desert near the source of the Wadi Al-Syrian, also it is located on the northern tributaries of
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Also called Arab Stonehenge, it is located on sandstone 20 km south of central Sakaka, the capital of Al-Jawf Governorate. Rumors and myths spread about Rajajil due to the distinctive strange stones present on the site, with some telling many stories of fear and terror as archaeological excavations revealed that Rajajel is an ancient burial site.
Nafud Al-Kabir is a large sand dune desert in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula. In Arabic, its name means "Great Sand Dunes", also known as the Nafud Desert (Nafud Desert). It extends 290 kilometers from the ancient city of Tayma in the west to the city of Hail in the east and width of 225 kilometers between Hail and Dumat Al-Jandal in the north. It covers an area of 103,600 square kilometers in the governorates of Hail, Al-Jawf, and Tabuk. Al Nafud Al Kabir from its eastern end is linked to Al-Dahna, which is a narrow path of sand dunes that extends over an area of more than 1300 km and reaches the largest desert of sand dunes in the world called Rab Al-Khali.
It is a structure of clay and stone net known as the castle of Zaabal or the castle of Zaabal, but it is more than a few, as it is located on top of a well that runs through the city of Sakaka for centuries.
The current wall, made up of four watchtowers and a water reservoir, was built 200 years ago, despite the emergence of archaeological futures from several structures on this site since the first century AD.
The area enjoys a wonderful view of the city because of its emergence at the highest point, this region serves more than one purpose, as the castle courtyard is designed to be an aquarium for fishing and fish farms.
Dumat Al-Jandal is 400 megawatts of a project to develop wind farms that will become the first source of wind energy at the facility level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The most important and the largest regional project of its kind, Dumat Al-Jandal established and developed by a group of Renewables (51%) and source (49%) under an award from the Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO). At an estimated cost of $ 500 million, the project will contribute $ 150 million to the country's gross domestic product.
Due to the importance of this project, it is being observed by the Saudi Ministry of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources.
The wind farm forms the second part of the first round of procurement under the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), which intends to reduce carbon emissions. It will allow the achievement of the first phase of the NREP's target of renewable energy of 9.5 gigawatts by 2023. This is in line with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, this project will reduce the country dependent on oil and gas.
The construction of the Dumat Al-Jandal wind farm is expected to start in 2019. The project is expected to generate 800 jobs during the construction phase and 150 additional jobs during the operation and maintenance phase.
The project is expected to compensate 994,000 tons of carbon emissions annually with an annual savings of 894,000 barrels of fossil fuel equivalent.
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