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Ibri II Solar IPP

A 500 MWac solar PV project at Ibri, Ad Dhahirah, Oman. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
500 MWacACWA Power gives 500 MWac; the lender's project page gives 607 MWp.
Technology
Solar PVAbout 1.5 million bifacial modules
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Achieved COD on 6 August 2021 and is presently under operation” (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank)
Commercial operation
6 August 2021
Operation date, stated target
1 June 2021
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
Nama PWP (formerly OPWP)
Procurer
Nama PWP (formerly OPWP)
Arrangement
Independent power project with a power purchase agreementTerm: 15 years
Country
Oman
Location
Ibri, Ad Dhahirah, OmanLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Owned through Shams Ad-Dhahira Generating Company. The scheduled commercial operation date in the power purchase agreement was 1 June 2021 (AIIB).

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

1,050

GWh a year

24%

Capacity factor

6.7% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt891 GWh20.3%1,782 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here1,050 GWh24%2,100 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Ibri, 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
ACWA PowerIbri 2 PV IPPUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner
Asian Infrastructure Investment BankOman: Ibri II 500MW Solar PV Independent Power Plant ProjectUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Ibri

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

6.12 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,234 kWh/m² a year

5.44 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

3.9 m/s

Wind at 50 m

28.2 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 36.2 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.43 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.64 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.44 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.32 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.96 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.52 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.44 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.80 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.70 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.46 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.88 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.92 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.42 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.64
February5.44
March6.32
April6.96
May7.52
June7.44
July6.80
August6.70
September6.46
October5.88
November4.92
December4.42

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N23.0E56.5, 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)