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Saudi solar generation, modelled

What the tracked Saudi photovoltaic projects would generate in a typical year, added as each reaches commercial operation, by stage. Modelled, not measured; the solar generation Saudi Arabia reported is drawn over it.

Saudi solar generation, modelled

What the tracked Saudi photovoltaic projects would generate in a typical year, added as each reaches commercial operation, by stage. Modelled, not measured; the solar generation Saudi Arabia reported is drawn over it.

By 2030, the tracked projects in the chart would add up to about 114.5 TWh a year.

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  • Operating
  • Under construction
  • Contracted
  • Tendered
  • Reported solar generation (Our World in Data)

PVGIS 5.2 yield at each project's town or region times its capacity as stated, taken as peak; single-axis tracking is assumed from 50 MW unless the source says otherwise. A long-run average year, with no curtailment, outages or degradation. 53 of 70 tracked Saudi projects carry an estimate (wind and CSP do not); 3 modelled projects with no operation year (2.6 TWh a year) are left out.

Source: Renewable Vision, modelled: PVGIS 5.2 yields (European Commission, Joint Research Centre) × tracked capacity; reported solar generation: Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute). Licence: PVGIS: EU reuse notice, attribution; trackers: CC BY-NC 4.0; OWID: CC BY 4.0. As of 2026-09-24; September 2026.