The incredible technology that’ll give ‘The Line’ perfect weather every single day

  • The Line, Saudi Arabia, will use technology to ensure a perfectly balanced climate
  • It’s part of the broader $1 trillion, NEOM, project
  • It’s been designed for “optimal” climactic balance

Published on Feb 23, 2024 at 7:21 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones

Last updated on Feb 24, 2024 at 2:05 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Alessandro Renesis

As if the Saudi Arabia giga-project, The Line, could get more impressive, it’s been revealed that it will use technology to ensure a perfectly balanced climate.

Part of the broader $1 trillion, NEOM, project, The Line looks set to be its biggest attraction.

The horizontally-laid city will be on a mammoth scale extending for 160 km and it’ll be 200 meters wide.

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The name NEOM is derived from the first three letters from the Ancient Greek prefix neo – meaning ‘new’.

The letter ‘m’ is the first letter of the name of His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Chairman of the NEOM Company Board of Directors.

The ‘M’ is also the first from ‘Mustaqbal’, an Arabic word meaning ‘future’.

However touted as “the future of urban living” there’s more to this huge city than meets the eye.

The city will be zero-carbon, due to the elimination of cars and roads and using 100% renewable energy.

An advanced public transportation system will help residents get around.

Namely a high-speed rail with an end-to-end journey time of 20 minutes.

The integration of nature and open spaces throughout will serve an important role in enhancing air quality.

However, to enjoy those green spaces the weather has to be perfect.

Located in the temperate northwest of Saudi Arabia, NEOM will have a diverse climate to enjoy for those. living and working there.

With both sun-soaked beaches and snow-capped mountains – what could be better?

But developers behind the project are leaving nothing to chance. 

“To ensure the establishment of microclimatic spaces, the environment has been carefully designed to allow for an optimal balance of sunlight, shade and natural ventilation,” they explained.

Given it is one of the complex infrastructure projects the world has ever seen, on a scale of its own, everybody is keen to view how developments are unfolding.

The aim is to complete the project by 2030 and new drone footage shows how fast progress is being made.

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All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”