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Al Dur Solar PV

A 100 MW solar PV project at Al Dur, Southern Governorate, Bahrain. Stage: Under construction.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
100 MW
Technology
Solar PVAbout 135,000 panels on two adjacent sites of about 830,000 m²
Stage counted on this site
Under constructionAs published: “Construction begun; completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2026” (PV Tech)
Operation date, stated target
Q3 2026
Owners and developers
  • EWA (owner, developer; 100%)
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
EWA
Procurer
EWA
Arrangement
Built and owned by a state entity
Country
Bahrain
Location
Al Dur, Southern Governorate, BahrainLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Connected through the 66/11 kV Al Dur substation (PV Tech).

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

205

GWh a year

23.4%

Capacity factor

1% of the modelled output of this tracker’s under-construction solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt174 GWh19.9%1,741 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here205 GWh23.4%2,046 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Al Dur, rounded to 0.1°. Mounting assumed: plants of 50 MW and more on single-axis trackers, smaller ones fixed.

Annual kWh per kWp from PVGIS for crystalline silicon with 14% system loss, multiplied by the capacity as the source states it and taken as peak. A plant rated in MWac carries more DC capacity, so its estimate runs low.

Tracker totals, modelled

Solar projects with an estimate only; the counted mounting for each.
StageProjectsCapacity, MWGWh a yearCapacity factor
Operational11 / 127,57515,70923.7%
Under construction5 / 510,10021,17123.9%
Contracted2 / 22,5005,18123.7%
Tendered5 / 54,2008,55923.3%
Announced1 / 11,5003,15524%

Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
PV TechBahrain has begun building 100MW Al Dur solar PV projectDecember 202524 September 2026Press or compiler

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Southern Governorate

NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.

5.60 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,044 kWh/m² a year

4.06 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.7 m/s

Wind at 50 m

27.4 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month August, 35.6 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.56 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 3.82 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 4.58 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 5.48 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.04 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 6.90 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.36 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.98 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.72 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.24 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.28 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.04 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 3.62 kWh/m²/dayDec
January3.82
February4.58
March5.48
April6.04
May6.90
June7.36
July6.98
August6.72
September6.24
October5.28
November4.04
December3.62

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N25.5E50.5, native resolution 1° (CERES SYN1deg). These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

See it on the Energy AtlasResource as JSON

GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)