greentech corridor | i8 The ambitious development vision that naturally emerged as the WSR will become Kuwait’s emerging GreenTech Corridor for the 21st century. The WSR’s three key development goals are therefore to: SMART NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 5 Provide sustainable sources of renewable energy (RE) with the aim of achieving energy security, in line with the Amiri decree (the more RE is used for domestic consumption, the more oil and gas can be sold for export income) Achieve food security (in combination with RE processes and abundant resources such as seawater and sun) Diversify the economy, creating jobs and new, balanced communities. 12 10 11 These goals will be achieved through a raft of potentially synergizing projects: • RE generation (solar and wind) • Seawater greenhouse food production (localized desalination through evaporative cooling) • Green manufacturing (RE apparati and products) • Ecologically responsive model settlements in the desert context (eco-towns/villages). Uniting all these development opportunities is the GreenTech Corridor concept. Connecting the dots .... The Green Grid of the GreenTech Corridor GreenTech’s prime innovation is that it generates clean energy, air, food, and water, within a single integrated spatial Green Grid Framework. The framework accommodates ecologically responsive land uses and economic activity, employment and lifestyles in model settlements in a desert context. The WSR will become Kuwait’s platform for green tech initiatives across all sectors of the economy. The WSR’s physical development plan will entrench green growth and operating practices across all the proposed land uses and infrastructure provision. INNOVATION AND RESEARCH CENTER 5 MIXED-USE ECO-SOUK Development vision captured in project logo 26 25 23 25 24 27 1km N 07