Saudi Renewables Tracker
Alghat onshore wind project
A 600 MW onshore wind project at AL Ghat, Riyadh, under construction according to the Principal Buyer register.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 600 MWSaudi Renewables Tracker, KAPSARC snapshot 12 September 2026
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Stage counted on this site
- Under constructionTaken from the Principal Buyer register, checked 28 September 2026; the register leads where it and the tracker disagree
- Stage in the Principal Buyer register
- Under constructionListed as “Al-Ghat”; Saudi Power Procurement Company, checked 28 September 2026
- Stage as the tracker’s source publishes it
- InstalledKAPSARC Renewable Energy Projects Dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026 The Principal Buyer register records a different stage. This site counts the register’s stage, because the Principal Buyer contracts the power and signs off commercial operation; the tracker’s reading stays published here.
- Completion year
- 2026As published; a year still ahead is a stated target
- Procurement route
- National Renewable Energy Program, round 4
- Tender year
- 2022
- Developers and published equity shares
- Shares as the developers publish them; a company without a share has not published one
- Grid
- National grid project
- Location
- AL Ghat, RiyadhLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Levelised cost of electricity, as tendered
- 1.566 US cents per kWhAs published in the KAPSARC dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Annual generation, modelled
- 2,102,400 MWh a yearModelled in the tracker as capacity × 8,760 hours × a 40% 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) | — → 600 MW | Principal Buyer register |
Location
AL Ghat, Riyadh
The tracker places this project at AL Ghat, in Riyadh. 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 Ghat
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
6.16 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,248 kWh/m² a year
5.60 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
6.1 m/s
Wind at 50 m
24.9 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month July, 35.1 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.42 · Dustiest month May
| January | 4.24 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.12 |
| March | 6.12 |
| April | 6.70 |
| May | 7.46 |
| June | 8.20 |
| July | 8.02 |
| August | 7.50 |
| September | 6.78 |
| October | 5.72 |
| November | 4.32 |
| December | 3.92 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N26.0E45.0, 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.