据今日油价网站1月11日消息 据路透社报道，王储Mohammed bin Salman周日表示，将在Neom智慧城市项目中建造一座零碳城市。
这个被称为“The Line”的城市将有能力容纳100万居民，他们将享受由100％清洁能源驱动的碳益城市发展，成本将在1000-2000亿美元之间，占Neom 5000亿美元价格标签的很大一部分。
Neom是Mohammed 2030年愿景计划的旗舰项目，该计划的启动旨在使沙特经济从石油中多样化。最近的油价暴跌并没有使这个耗资5000亿美元的项目在经济上更具可行性，但甚至在疫情之前就存在问题。
2018年，Neom项目的首席执行官Klaus Kleinfeld向媒体表示：“Neom的投资案例实际上很容易制定，因为我们有很多事情要做。人们的热情来自对项目融资感兴趣的投资者。
从那以后，Kleinfeld被当地的Nadhmi Al-Nasr替换为智慧城市项目的首席执行官，几乎没有任何证据可以证明投资者的热情。有关该项目的最新动态之一是有关与美国柏克德签订合同的新闻，该合同旨在为该项目提供设计，施工和项目管理服务。
另外，沙特能源部长去年表示，能源部将为Neom项目提供帮助，并指出：“我们必须坚持不懈，并尽一切可能实现这一项目。”
Neom原定于2025年完工，但鉴于沙特经济对石油收入的依赖（包括Mohammed的多元化推动），这可能很难改变。的确，在去年出现严重赤字之后，利雅得不得不修改其2021年预算计划，从2020年开始将支出削减7％。
王磊 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Saudi Crown Prince Announces Zero Carbon Smart City
A zero-carbon city will be built The city, dubbed "The Line" will have the capacity to accommodate 1 million residents, who will enjoy "carbon-positive urban developments powered by 100% clean energy". It will cost between $100 and $200 billion, representing a sizeable chunk of Neom's $500-billion price tag.
Neom is the flagship project of Prince Mohammed's Vision 2030 plan, which at its launch aimed to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil. The latest oil price crash has not made the $500-billion project more economically viable, but there were problems even before the pandemic.
In 2018, the CEO of the Neom project, Klaus Kleinfeld, told media that "The investment case for NEOM is actually very easy to make, because we've got so many things going for us," adding that there was "overwhelming" enthusiasm from investors interested in financing the project.
Since then, Kleinfeld has been replaced as chief executive of the smart city project by local Nadhmi Al-Nasr, and there has been little in the way of proof of any investor enthusiasm. Among the latest updates latest about the project was news about the contract with U.S. Bechtel to provide design, construction, and project management services for the project.
Separately, the Saudi Energy Minister, brother of the Crown Prince, said last year the ministry will help with the Neom project, noting, "We have to persevere and make all our capacities available to realise this project."
Neom was originally scheduled for completion in 2025, but this may be difficult to swing given the reliance of the Saudi economy on oil revenues, including for Prince Mohammed's diversification push. Indeed, after booking a serious deficit last year, Riyadh had to revise down its 2021 budget plan, cutting spending by 7 percent from 2020.