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Riyadh Cement solar PV, Al-Muzahimiyah

A 30 MW solar PV project at Al-Muzahimiyah, Riyadh. Stage: Contracted.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
30 MW
Technology
Solar PV
Stage counted on this site
ContractedAs published: “Power purchase agreement signed; operation expected in the fourth quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals” (Zawya (via TradingView News))
Agreement or award
September 2026
Operation date, stated target
Q4 2027
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
Riyadh Cement
Operation and maintenance
Samana Energy
Arrangement
Corporate power purchase agreementTerm: 25 years
Country
Saudi Arabia
Location
Al-Muzahimiyah, RiyadhLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Samana Energy, a joint venture of Al-Muhaidib Group and Group AMANA, finances, builds and operates the plant; the cement company makes no capital outlay (Zawya).

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

53

GWh a year

20.2%

Capacity factor

40.6% of the modelled output of this tracker’s contracted solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tiltCounted here53 GWh20.2%1,766 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis tracker63 GWh23.9%2,096 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Al Muzahimiyah, 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
Zawya (via TradingView News)Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Cement signs 25-year PPA for 30MW solar project14 September 202624 September 2026Press or compiler
CemNetRiyadh Cement signs solar and digitalisation deals15 September 202624 September 2026Press or compiler
Global CementRiyadh Cement signs 25-year solar power deal with Samana Energy16 September 202624 September 2026Press or compiler

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Al Muzahimiyah

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

6.20 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,263 kWh/m² a year

5.34 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

6.0 m/s

Wind at 50 m

25.4 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 35.2 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.47 · Dustiest month May

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.42 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.26 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.16 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.68 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.40 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 8.02 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.76 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 7.34 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.78 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.88 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.52 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.14 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.42
February5.26
March6.16
April6.68
May7.40
June8.02
July7.76
August7.34
September6.78
October5.88
November4.52
December4.14

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N24.5E46.0, 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)