The week to 11 October 2026

Nothing new reached the tracker this week.

Across the 16 operational solar plants we track (13,753 MW), the irradiance forecast implies 513 GWh over the next seven days, 0.4% below the long-run normal for these dates. The strongest day is Sunday 11 October, the weakest Wednesday 14 October. Peak temperature reaches 37.2°C in Riyadh, 35.1°C in Jeddah, 40.9°C in Dammam. Cooling demand rises with it.

Operational renewable capacity stands at 14.2 GW, 10.9% of the 130 GW target for 2030, with 70.3 GW tracked across every stage. Reaching the target needs 35.6 GW a year from here. Everything currently in construction and tender delivers 17.3 GW a year if it all lands on time. The pipeline is a snapshot that grows with each tender round, so these are two rates as they stand today, not a projection of the outcome. Since 2026-09, 4.0 GW was removed to the operational total. The Principal Buyer's register and the tracker record a different stage for 5 of 38 matched projects, including Muwayh at 2000 MW, Haden at 2000 MW, Al-Ghat at 600 MW. The figures above count the register's stage, because the Principal Buyer contracts the power and signs off commercial operation; that moves 5,500 MW between stages against the tracker's own reading, which stays published beside it so the correction can be checked.

Elsewhere this week: Managed-money net length in WTI fell 26,687 contracts to 79,592.