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• Saudi Arabian solar: how the state has invested in overseas solar projects

  The lack of domestic investment stands as a stark contrast to the significant backing provided to solar power projects overseas. In 2020, ACWA Power announced plans to invest $10bn into new power projects across 10 countries, with a number of significant solar power projects in its new portfolio.

• Solar manufacturers face last day to submit bids for Saudi solar power project

  The bid deadline, which was originally set for May 24, has been extended to today due to the pandemic. Solar manufacturing companies, such as UAE-based Masdar and Chinese Jinko Solar, will have a final opportunity to bid on contracts for the construction of solar photovoltaic independent power projects in the cities of Al-Rass and Saad. The renewable project will be regulated by the National Reneweble Energy Programme (NREP), an initiative under the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Energy.

• Saudi Arabia Inaugurates 1st Desalination Plant Using Solar, Wind Energy

  The solar-powered desalination plant will be the world’s largest, with a production capacity of 2 million 330 milliliter water bottles per year, he said.

• Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group Integrates Solar Solution Into New Facility

  Zahid Business Park will be located on the northern outskirts of Jeddah and host the group’s new 11-floor head office, six large-scale facilities for independent Zahid Group companies, a community center and the Zahid Learning Institute.

• Saudi Arabia’s 1 GW solar tender invites bids by June 3

  The third round of the program, for which the request for proposals was last extended until early October last year, consists of two big ‘category B' projects, which are the subject of the reported June deadline, and two smaller ‘category A' projects which, according to power technology and other online reports, attracted three bidders earlier this month.

• Saudi Arabia solar target raised after seven projects added including record low cost

  Earlier this month, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman inaugurated the Sakaka IPP PV project, the first renewables project in the kingdom, with an output capacity of 300 MW as power purchase agreements were signed for seven solar projects. They included the 600 MW Shuaibah project with a world record low electricity price from solar of 1.04 cents/kWh. A smaller project, the 20 MW Rafha deal, had bids of 3.40-4.90 cents/kWh, showing "not all the projects are the lowest globally," Brunetti said.

• Saudi Arabia locks in world record low prices for solar power

  The PPAs are linked to the nation’s first renewables project, the 300MW Sakaka power plant in Al-Jouf. It is just one of many in the pipeline, though, with seven renewable energy projects receiving the green light to go ahead. These new initiatives will be based at Al Madinah, Sudair, Qurayyat, Shuaibah, Jeddah, Rabigh, Rafha and a wind project at Doumat Al Jandal, which will take the nation’s renewable generation capacity to over 4 GW.

• Saudis Try To Shake Image as Solar Power ‘Latecomers’: Chart

  Despite having some of the best solar potential in the world, Saudi Arabia produces a tiny fraction of its electricity from the sun. The world’s biggest oil exporter is now trying to change that and last week awarded contracts to build 2,970 megawatts of solar plants --- almost as much as Greece’s capacity -- as part of a plan to generate half its power from renewables by 2030 and cut emissions by millions of tons. “We were latecomers to the game,” Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said in an interview on April 8.

  • Balkan Green Energy - Saudi Arabia to add 3.7 GW in solar power, achieves world’s lowest price
  • Energy Global - Saudi Public Investment Fund launches Sudair Solar PV project
• Masdar and EDF start construction work on 300MW solar plant in Saudi Arabia

  The Jeddah project forms part of the second round of Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy programme, consisting of seven solar projects with a total capacity of around 1.5GW. The kingdom is aiming to reach 27.3GW of renewables capacity by 2024 and generate 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030.

  • PV Magazine - Saudi Arabia’s second PV tender draws world record low bid of $0.0104/kWh
• Saudis Plan Major Solar Development in Bid to Cut Emissions

  The oil-rich state has signed seven agreements to produce electricity from solar power in various parts of the country, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said at a conference in Sakaka Thursday. These projects will add up to 3,670 megawatts of capacity.

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