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Sun against tariff

Every published solar tariff against the long-run sunlight at the project's locality. Sunlight varies little across the region; the price fell with each tender round.

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Sun against tariff

Every published solar tariff against the long-run sunlight at the project's locality. Sunlight varies little across the region; the price fell with each tender round.

024685.65.866.26.46.6Global horizontal irradiance at the locality, kWh/m²/day (NASA POWER, 0.5° cell)Published tariff, US cents/kWhLowest: Shuaibah 1, 1.04 US cents/kWh
  • Colour by tender or award year
  • ≤2017
  • 2018–19
  • 2020–21
  • 2022–23
  • 2024+
  • Year not stated

Tariffs as the procurer or developer published them (the Saudi tracker's tendered levelised cost). Dirham tariffs converted at the fixed peg of 3.6725 AED per US dollar. Solar PV and CSP only.

Source: Renewable Vision, the Saudi and GCC renewables trackers; NASA Langley Research Center, POWER Project (NASA POWER). Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0 (Saudi tracker); Compiled from public sources (GCC and captive); NASA POWER public domain. As of 2026-09-24; 2026-09-24.