Financial Times Article RatingSaudi businesses turn to solar power as kingdom cuts energy subsidies
- Bias Rating
34% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
45% ReliableAverage
- Policy Leaning
34% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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29% Positive
- Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
65% : "Although the declining cost of renewable energy has also played a role, the direction of the Saudi government's fiscal reform -- including the energy subsidy changes -- has been a highly significant factor in encouraging companies to actively consider power generation options beyond fossil fuels," said Shigeto Kondo, senior researcher at the Japan-based Institute of Energy Economics.52% : But experts say the critical factor driving recent solar take-up may be the phasing out of energy subsidies that began in 2018 as part of wider economic reforms, which included the rollout of large-scale renewable projects.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
