Almost 2GW of solar PV capacity is to be put out to tender in the latest phase of Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy procurement programme.
The Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) has launched the request for qualification (RFQ) for the eighth round of its National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), which is led and supervised by the Saudi Ministry of Energy.
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Among the projects included in the 3.2GW eighth-round RFQ are two PV projects totalling 1.9GW.
These are the 900MW MW Tumair Solar PV IPP in Riyadh province and the 1GW East Al-Amoah Solar PV IPP in Aseer province.
In addition to the PV projects, SPCC is also tendering for a 1.3GW wind project, the Al-Mozeraah Wind IPP in Makkah province.
The latest RFQ marks another step in the implementation of the NREP, which aims to increase the share of installed capacities from renewable energy sources and energy storage systems in the energy mix to reach around 50% by 2030.
In the seventh round of the NREP, the SPPC, the kingdom’s main principal buyer of electricity from independent power producers (IPPs), invited bids for a total of 5.3GW of renewable energy capacity, of which solar accounted for 3.1GW.
