{"id":1064,"date":"2024-11-26T08:32:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T04:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2024-11-26T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T04:32:16","slug":"masdar-edf-totalenergies-among-top-contenders-in-saudi-arabias-4-5-gw-6th-renewable-energy-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/electricity\/masdar-edf-totalenergies-among-top-contenders-in-saudi-arabias-4-5-gw-6th-renewable-energy-round","title":{"rendered":"Masdar, EDF, TotalEnergies among top contenders in Saudi Arabia\u2019s 4.5 GW 6th renewable energy round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s sixth round of renewable energy projects under its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/renewable-energy\/masdar-sets-sights-on-major-global-expansion-in-renewable-energy-market\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"758\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Renewable Energy Programme (NREP)<\/a> has attracted global giants, with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/news\/cop29\/masdar-kesh-sign-deal-to-explore-renewable-energy-projects-in-albania\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"944\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masdar<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/renewable-energy\/acwa-power-picked-for-wind-ipp\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"273\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EDF Renouvelables<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/renewable-energy\/qatars-first-large-scale-solar-plant-by-totalenergies-consortium-signals-new-energy-era\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"480\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TotalEnergies<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/solar\/rooftop-solar\/pearl-group-partners-with-totalenergies-for-major-solar-power-project-in-uae\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"760\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jinko Power<\/a><\/strong> among those shortlisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/solar\/saudi-power-procurement-company-sppc-shortlists-consortiums-for-2-13b-solar-projects\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"719\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC)<\/a> unveiled the prequalified developers for the tender, which aims to add 4,500 megawatts (MW) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/tags\/500mw-solar-plant\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">solar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/tags\/wind-power-plant\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"761\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wind<\/a> capacity to the Kingdom\u2019s energy mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Projects in the Tender<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The round comprises four solar Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects totaling 3,000 MW and one wind IPP project of 1,500 MW. The solar projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Najran Solar PV IPP<\/strong>: 1,400 MW (Najran Province)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Samtah Solar PV IPP<\/strong>: 600 MW (Jizan Province)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ad Darb Solar PV IPP<\/strong>: 600 MW (Jizan Province)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As Sufun Solar PV IPP<\/strong>: 400 MW (Hail Province)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 1,500 MW Dawadmi Wind IPP in Riyadh Province, developers will compete to establish one of the largest wind energy facilities in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prequalified Developers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the notable shortlisted developers are major consortiums and standalone firms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Masdar<\/strong> partnered with JERA NEX for solar and Al Jomaih Energy for wind<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EDF Renouvelables<\/strong> in partnerships with Jinko Power and other global leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TotalEnergies Renewables<\/strong> paired with Nareva Holding for the wind tender<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jinko Power<\/strong> competing independently and through strategic alliances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other key participants include <strong>Marubeni Corporation<\/strong>, <strong>Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)<\/strong>, <strong>SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co.<\/strong>, and <strong>Alfanar Company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Momentum in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Renewable Energy Sector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement follows SPPC\u2019s recent signing of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for 9.2 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power projects, underscoring the Kingdom\u2019s rapid strides in clean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its commitment to Vision 2030, focusing on energy diversification and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SPPC unveiled the prequalified developers for the tender, which aims to add 4,500 MW of solar and wind capacity to Saudi\u2019s energy mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,36,40,428,520,41,559,539,653],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-climate-change","8":"category-electricity","9":"category-news","10":"category-power","11":"category-projects","12":"category-renewable-energy","13":"category-solar","14":"category-sustainability","15":"category-wind-energy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}