GCC Renewables Tracker
Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP
A 100 MW solar PV project at Near Bilaj Al Jazayer, Bahrain. Stage: Tendered.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 100 MWEWA announced the project at up to 150 MW; the tender is for 100 MW.
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- TenderedAs published: “Two bids received” (Zawya (via TradingView News))
- Tender
- 16 October 2025
- Operation date, stated target
- Q3 2027
- Owners and developers
- No owner or developer is named in a public source yet
- Supplies
- EWA
- Procurer
- EWA
- Arrangement
- Independent power project with a power purchase agreementTerm: 25 years
- Country
- Bahrain
- Location
- Near Bilaj Al Jazayer, BahrainLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
Build-own-operate, with a 25-year power purchase agreement with EWA. The bid prices are not shown: no award has been announced.
Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
209
GWh a year
23.8%
Capacity factor
2.4% of the modelled output of this tracker’s tendered solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt178 GWh20.3%1,779 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here209 GWh23.8%2,088 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Bilaj Al Jazayer, 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
| Stage | Projects | Capacity, MW | GWh a year | Capacity factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational | 11 / 12 | 7,575 | 15,709 | 23.7% |
| Under construction | 5 / 5 | 10,100 | 21,171 | 23.9% |
| Contracted | 2 / 2 | 2,500 | 5,181 | 23.7% |
| Tendered | 5 / 5 | 4,200 | 8,559 | 23.3% |
| Announced | 1 / 1 | 1,500 | 3,155 | 24% |
Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON
Sources
Where each figure comes from
| Publisher | Publication | Published | Read on | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWA | EWA announces the launch of Bahrain's first solar power plant in collaboration with the private sector | 7 August 2025 | 24 September 2026 | Procurer, developer or owner |
| Zawya (via TradingView News) | Bahrain's EWA receives two bids for 100 MW BAJ Solar IPP | 22 June 2026 | 24 September 2026 | Press or compiler |
Where sources disagree
Both readings, and the one counted
Capacity
- Up to 150 MW — EWA
- 100 MW — Zawya (via TradingView News)
Counted on this site: 100 MW
Why: The capacity put out to tender; the earlier figure was an upper bound in the launch announcement.
Solar and wind resource
The resource at Bahrain
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
5.40 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 1,971 kWh/m² a year
3.82 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
5.7 m/s
Wind at 50 m
27.0 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month August, 34.6 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.56 · Dustiest month July
| January | 3.62 |
|---|---|
| February | 4.36 |
| March | 5.20 |
| April | 5.80 |
| May | 6.68 |
| June | 7.20 |
| July | 6.80 |
| August | 6.54 |
| September | 6.02 |
| October | 5.06 |
| November | 3.86 |
| December | 3.44 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N26.0E50.5, 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.
GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)