Saudi Renewables Tracker
Al-Leeth solar PV project
A 3,000 MW solar PV project at Al-Leeth, Makkah, tendered according to the Saudi Renewables Tracker.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 3,000 MWSaudi Renewables Tracker, KAPSARC snapshot 12 September 2026
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- TenderedSaudi Renewables Tracker, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Stage in the Principal Buyer register
- Not listedThe register lists the projects the Principal Buyer has contracted
- Stage as the tracker’s source publishes it
- TenderedKAPSARC Renewable Energy Projects Dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Completion year
- 2029As published; a year still ahead is a stated target
- Procurement route
- Public Investment Fund programme
- Tender year
- 2025
- Developers and published equity shares
- No developer is named in the tracker yet
- Grid
- National grid project
- Location
- Al-Leeth, MakkahLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Annual generation, modelled
- 6,307,200 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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Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
6,540
GWh a year
24.9%
Capacity factor
18.6% of the modelled output of this tracker’s tendered solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt5,355 GWh20.4%1,785 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here6,540 GWh24.9%2,180 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Al Lith, 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
| Stage | Projects | Capacity, MW | GWh a year | Capacity factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational | 16 / 16 | 13,753 | 29,977 | 24.9% |
| Under construction | 17 / 17 | 23,350 | 51,380 | 25.1% |
| Tendered | 11 / 11 | 15,900 | 35,205 | 25.3% |
Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON
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.
Changes to this project appear here once the change ledger records one.
Location
Al-Leeth, Makkah
The tracker places this project at Al-Leeth, in Makkah. 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.
Solar and wind resource
The resource at Al Lith
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
6.06 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,212 kWh/m² a year
5.12 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
4.5 m/s
Wind at 50 m
29.7 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month June, 33.8 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.37 · Dustiest month July
| January | 4.54 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.40 |
| March | 6.38 |
| April | 7.06 |
| May | 7.26 |
| June | 7.24 |
| July | 6.90 |
| August | 6.60 |
| September | 6.26 |
| October | 5.86 |
| November | 4.90 |
| December | 4.36 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N20.0E40.0, 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.