Saudi Arabia plans to build its first wind power plant with French Electricite de France and Emirati Mubadala Investment Co. The project is set to start generating power in three years while the Saudi government has pre-qualified 60 companies to bid for 12 renewable projects in 2019. Riyadh has plans to increase its reliance on LNG and renewables to generate power instead of oil, of which it now uses 600,000 bpd.