Energy CEO said he canceled a $100M contract with Neom when he realized the Saudis were bulldozing villages to make space

• Malcolm Aw said he pulled out of a Neom contract because of alleged Saudi human rights abuses. 
• The CEO of Solar Water told BI that he had planned to build solar desalination plants. 
• Human rights campaigners say tribe members are being forcibly evicted to make way for the megacity. 

A green energy founder pulled out of a $100 million Neom contract after he realized that the Saudis were bulldozing villages to make way for the megacity.

Malcolm Aw, the CEO and founder of Solar Water, told Business Insider that he initially got involved with Neom to help realize its ambitions as a pioneering green energy "eco-city."