GCC Renewables Tracker
Al Dibdibah Power and Al Shagaya Renewable Energy, phase III zone 1
A 1,100 MW solar PV project at Shagaya Renewable Energy Park, Al Jahra, Kuwait. Stage: Tendered.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 1,100 MW
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- TenderedAs published: “Technical evaluation complete; financial bids to be opened” (Zawya)
- Tender
- June 2025
- Owners and developers
- No owner or developer is named in a public source yet
- Supplies
- Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy
- Procurer
- KAPP and the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy
- Arrangement
- Independent power project with a power purchase agreementTerm: 30 years
- Country
- Kuwait
- Location
- Shagaya Renewable Energy Park, Al Jahra, KuwaitLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
The request for proposals went to six prequalified bidders in June 2025, with a 30-year power purchase agreement with the ministry from the commercial operation date.
Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
2,186
GWh a year
22.7%
Capacity factor
25.5% of the modelled output of this tracker’s tendered solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt1,876 GWh19.5%1,706 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here2,186 GWh22.7%1,987 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Al Jahra Governorate: the tracker names no town this model can place. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pv magazine | Kuwait reveals prequalified bidders for 1.1 GW solar project | 16 June 2025 | 24 September 2026 | Press or compiler |
| Zawya | Kuwait set to open financial bids for 1.1GW Shagaya solar PV project | Undated | 24 September 2026 | Press or compiler |
Solar and wind resource
The resource at Al Jahra
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
5.70 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,081 kWh/m² a year
4.82 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
6.5 m/s
Wind at 50 m
26.0 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month July, 38.3 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.50 · Dustiest month May
| January | 3.54 |
|---|---|
| February | 4.46 |
| March | 5.62 |
| April | 6.24 |
| May | 7.12 |
| June | 8.00 |
| July | 7.68 |
| August | 7.24 |
| September | 6.40 |
| October | 5.02 |
| November | 3.74 |
| December | 3.28 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N29.5E47.0, 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)