Haseloff: Already the first requests for free in-dustrial surfaces, personnel and promotion
The delegation stayed in Saxony-Anhalt for 3 days to hold economic discus-sions. After a day-long solar conference last Tuesday in Magdeburg with more than 100 representatives from companies and research institutions from all over Germany, leading figures from the economy, science and politics of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom visited the “Solar Valley“ in Thalheim and the Q-Cells SE on Wednesday. The trip ended yesterday with a visit to the Che-miePark Bitterfeld in Wolfen. According to the Ministry for Petrol and Raw Materials, Mister Ali Al-Naimi, in the long term Saudi Arabia will export as much solar energy as it does petrol today.
Background:
This year, Saxony-Anhalt introduced itself at different events in the Arabic world, as for instance the Jeddah Economic Forum, the Saudi-Arabian Con-ference in Riad and the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
After the USA, China, and Japan, Germany holds the fourth position on the Saudi Arabian export list. German imports from the Kingdom amounted to 648 Million Euros in 2009. 12.8 Million Euro of this went to Saxony-Anhalt. Goods of approx. 4.8 Billion Euro were exported from Germany to Saudi Arabia. 68.7 Million Euros of this were exported by companies in Saxony-Anhalt.