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A Saudi Press Agency report published October 1 summarized energy directions issued by the Shura Council during the second year of its ninth session. The council called for balancing renewable and conventional generation, preparing electricity grids for high-density data centres, assessing demand for green hydrogen and accelerating gas-supply projects for industrial cities.
The release places those directions within an annual account of council work. It reports 46 ordinary sessions and 555 resolutions during the session year, with more than 96 hours of deliberation. Those figures describe council activity; they are not measures of energy-system construction or delivery.
The energy items are recommendations or directions to public bodies, not evidence that a grid upgrade, hydrogen assessment or gas connection has been completed. The report gives no data-centre load forecast, hydrogen demand estimate, generation target, gas volume, budget or implementation timetable.
Assessing progress will require later decisions or operational data from responsible agencies. For now, the report establishes that grid readiness for large digital loads and supply options for industrial users formed part of the council’s oversight agenda, while leaving project scale and delivery status unspecified.