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Almarai Al Kharj solar PV

A 15 MW solar PV project at Al Kharj, Riyadh. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
15 MW
Technology
Solar PVGround-mounted plant of more than 44,000 panels
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Completed in August 2019” (Argaam)
Commercial operation
August 2019
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
Almarai
Arrangement
Owned by the user
Country
Saudi Arabia
Location
Al Kharj, RiyadhLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

27

GWh a year

20.2%

Capacity factor

8.1% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tiltCounted here27 GWh20.2%1,769 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis tracker32 GWh24%2,106 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Al Kharj, 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
Operational6 / 717332921.7%
Contracted3 / 47213120.7%
Observed0 / 100—

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
ArgaamAlmarai completes SAR 44 mln Al Kharj solar project21 August 201924 September 2026Press or compiler

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Al Kharj

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

6.24 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,278 kWh/m² a year

5.28 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.7 m/s

Wind at 50 m

26.2 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 36.4 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.48 · Dustiest month May

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.50 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.34 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.22 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.78 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.44 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.98 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.70 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 7.32 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.80 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.92 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.62 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.24 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.50
February5.34
March6.22
April6.78
May7.44
June7.98
July7.70
August7.32
September6.80
October5.92
November4.62
December4.24

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N24.0E47.0, 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

Saudi captive and corporate solar, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)