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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and partners to deliver directly 2GW of the total pipeline, with plans to host a public tender for 600MW.

Saudi firm enters joint venture with Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh to deliver PV project in southeastern district of Feni.

Saudi Arabia has launched the second round of its solar power tender programme with a request for proposals for 1.5GW of solar.

Saudi Arabia plans to install 60GW of renewable energy by 2030, an official has said in an interview with the UAE state news agency WAM.

Huawei has been chosen as the sole inverter supplier for Saudi Arabia’s 300MW Sakaka plant, the first large-scale solar project in the country.

A consortium of Saudi-based developer ACWA Power and contractor AlGihaz have closed financing of the SAR1.2 billion (US$319 million) Sakaka solar project standing at 300MW in Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia, a project that attracted headlines across the world last year after the government chose ACWA Power despite Masdar putting in the lowest ever solar bid.

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has rejected media reports that a multi-billion dollar solar programme has been halted.

The Middle East and Africa is set to enjoy a year-on-year PV demand increase of 170%, according to GTM Research.

A Saudi Arabian conglomerate has taken a 50% stake in the German developer and PV investor Greencells.

A Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund has taken a 15.2% stake in ACWA Power, a dominant solar power developer in the Middle East.