Saudi Renewables Tracker
Ar Rass 1 solar PV project
A 700 MW solar PV project at Ar Rass, Al-Qassim, connected to the grid according to the Principal Buyer register.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 700 MWSaudi Renewables Tracker, KAPSARC snapshot 12 September 2026
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- OperatingSaudi Renewables Tracker, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Stage in the Principal Buyer register
- Connected to the gridListed as “Ar Rass 1”; Saudi Power Procurement Company, checked 21 September 2026
- Stage as the tracker’s source publishes it
- InstalledKAPSARC Renewable Energy Projects Dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Completion year
- 2024As published; a year still ahead is a stated target
- Procurement route
- National Renewable Energy Program, round 3
- Tender year
- 2020
- Developers and published equity shares
- ACWA Power (40.01%)
- Badeel (20%)
- China Power (39.9%)
- Grid
- National grid project
- Location
- Ar Rass, Al-QassimLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Levelised cost of electricity, as tendered
- 1.5 US cents per kWhAs published in the KAPSARC dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Annual generation, modelled
- 1,471,680 MWh a yearModelled in the tracker as capacity × 8,760 hours × a 24% capacity factor. Not metered output.
KAPSARC, Renewable Energy Projects Dashboard (July 2026 project data, snapshot 12 September 2026); SPPC / Principal Buyer, Renewable project register (38 records checked 11 September 2026). Tracker edition 2026-Q3.
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What changed
Changes on record for this project
Each entry is a change a weekly sync observed in the Principal Buyer register or the tracker, with the value on both sides.
| Date | Change | Before and after | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | Added to the register (backfilled) | — → 700 MW | Principal Buyer register |
Location
Ar Rass, Al-Qassim
The tracker places this project at Ar Rass, in Al-Qassim. This site publishes locality and region only: plant coordinates are confidential and are not shown on this page, in its data or in its API.