Saudi has issued tenders for 4.5 GW renewables projects: State-owned Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) has issued requests for qualification (RFQs) for five wind and solar projects in the sixth round of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), according to a press release. This round will add a combined capacity of 4.5 GW to Saudi Arabia's renewable energy portfolio.

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Project details: Key projects in this round include the 1.5 GW Dawadmi Wind IPP in Riyadh and four solar PV projects: a 1.4 GW plant in Najran, 600 MW each in Samtah and Ad Darb in Jizan, and a 400 MW plant in Hail.

SPPC issued RFQs for 3.7 GW solar projects in the fifth round: The company issued RFQs for four planned solar energy projects with a combined 3.7 GW production capacity as part of NREP’s fifth round of projects back in November 2023.

REMEMBER- SPPC signed two 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) in November for the fourth round of solar projects under the country’s NREP, including the 1.5 GW Al Henakiyah and Tabarjal PV plants that are expected to lure in over SAR 4 bn (c. USD 1.06 bn) in investments. Al Henakiyah is being developed in KSA’s Al Madinah by the UAE’s Masdar, France’s EDF Renewables, and Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Co., and the Tabarjal solar farm is being implemented by China’s Jinko Power, Sun Glare, and Sunlight Energy Holding.

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