Saudi Arabia exposes prequalified prospective buyers for 1.2 GW PV tender

• The Renewable Energy Project Development Office has actually prequalified 49 programmers for the tender. 4 large solar projects will certainly be constructed through the purchase workout.

Saudi Arabia's Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) has actually released a listing of the prequalified prospective buyers for the 1.2 GW solar tender it introduced in late January.

The checklist includes 49 prospective buyers, consisting of several of one of the most popular gamers in the worldwide solar sector. France's EDF as well as Total Solar will certainly take part, as will certainly Spain's Solarpack, Acciona and also TSK. Germany's ib vogt is likewise on the listing, as is China's Jinko Solar, Canadian Solar as well as GCL. South Korea's Kepco will certainly likewise complete, in addition to Japan's Marubeni. Furthermore, Saudi Arabian utility ACWA Power is likewise taking part, in addition to UAE-based Masdar, U.S. module maker First Solar and also Indonesian utility Tenaga Nasional.

REPDO will certainly make use of the 3rd round of the kingdom's National Renewable Energy Program to pick designers to create 4 solar energy projects, with generation abilities of 80 MW, 120 MW, 300 MW, and also a monstrous 700 MW. The Saudi federal government has actually mentioned that the chosen projects should have at the very least 17% regional material.

In March, REPDO stated that the 2nd round of the program-- created to designate 1.5 GW of large solar ability-- drew in 250 prospective buyers.

In the preliminary of the purchase program, REPDO appointed 300 MW of solar capability to a solitary center: the Sakaka solar project, which is currently functional.