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Shagaya CSP (phase 1)

A 50 MW concentrated solar project at Shagaya Renewable Energy Park, Al Jahra, Kuwait. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
50 MWThe phase-1 photovoltaic and wind plants beside it (10 MW each) are below this tracker's 50 MW threshold.
Technology
Concentrated solarParabolic trough with 10 hours of molten-salt thermal storage
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Commissioned in December 2018; grand opening in February 2019” (Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research)
Commercial operation
December 2018
Owners and developers
  • KISR (owner, developer)
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Procurer
KISR
Engineering and construction
TSK, Kharafi National
Operation and maintenance
KISR
Arrangement
Built and owned by a state entity
Country
Kuwait
Location
Shagaya Renewable Energy Park, Al Jahra, KuwaitLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
Kuwait Institute for Scientific ResearchShagaya Concentrated Solar Power ProjectUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

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

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 3.54 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 4.46 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 5.62 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.24 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.12 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 8.00 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.68 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 7.24 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.40 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.02 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 3.74 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 3.28 kWh/m²/dayDec
January3.54
February4.46
March5.62
April6.24
May7.12
June8.00
July7.68
August7.24
September6.40
October5.02
November3.74
December3.28

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.

See it on the Energy AtlasResource as JSON

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