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Saudi Renewables Tracker · captive and corporate

Ma'aden Al Baitha bauxite mine solar and storage

A 8 MWp solar PV and battery project at Al Baitha bauxite mine. Stage: Contracted.

Saudi Renewables Tracker

The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
8 MWp
Battery storage
30 MWh
Technology
Solar PV and batteryOff-grid ground-mounted photovoltaic array with a battery for supply around the clock
Stage counted on this site
ContractedAs published: “Power purchase agreement signed” (Masdar)
Agreement or award
27 August 2025
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company
Arrangement
Corporate power purchase agreementTerm: 30 years
Country
Saudi Arabia
Location
Al Baitha bauxite mineLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Emerge is a joint venture of Masdar and EDF power solutions (Masdar).

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

No output estimate. The tracker names no town or region this model can place.

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
MasdarMaaden Bauxite and Alumina Company signs deal with Emerge to supply renewable energy at Al Baitha bauxite mine27 August 202524 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Saudi Arabia

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

5.48 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

6.1 m/s

Wind at 50 m

25.7 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 35.1 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.43 · Dustiest month May

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.48 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.34 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.20 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.72 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.40 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 8.02 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.78 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 7.34 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.80 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.96 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.64 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.22 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.48
February5.34
March6.20
April6.72
May7.40
June8.02
July7.78
August7.34
September6.80
October5.96
November4.64
December4.22

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N24.0E45.0, 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.

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