Saudi Renewables Tracker
As Sdawi solar PV project
A 2,000 MW solar PV project at Al Sadawi, Eastern Province, under construction according to the Principal Buyer register.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 2,000 MWSaudi Renewables Tracker, KAPSARC snapshot 28 September 2026
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- Under constructionSaudi Renewables Tracker, snapshot 28 September 2026
- Stage in the Principal Buyer register
- Under constructionListed as “As Sdawi”; Saudi Power Procurement Company, checked 28 September 2026
- Stage as the tracker’s source publishes it
- Under developmentKAPSARC Renewable Energy Projects Dashboard, snapshot 28 September 2026
- Completion year
- 2027As published; a year still ahead is a stated target
- Procurement route
- National Renewable Energy Program, round 5
- Tender year
- 2024
- 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 Sadawi, Eastern ProvinceLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Levelised cost of electricity, as tendered
- 1.293 US cents per kWhAs published in the KAPSARC dashboard, snapshot 28 September 2026
- Annual generation, modelled
- 4,204,800 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
4,282
GWh a year
24.4%
Capacity factor
8.3% of the modelled output of this tracker’s under-construction solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt3,589 GWh20.5%1,794 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here4,282 GWh24.4%2,141 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Eastern Province: the tracker names no town this model can place. 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.
| Date | Change | Before and after | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | Added to the register (backfilled) | — → 2,000 MW | Principal Buyer register |
Location
Al Sadawi, Eastern Province
The tracker places this project at Al Sadawi, in Eastern Province. 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 Eastern Province
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
6.28 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,292 kWh/m² a year
4.94 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
5.5 m/s
Wind at 50 m
28.7 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month July, 38.5 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.56 · Dustiest month July
| January | 4.68 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.48 |
| March | 6.32 |
| April | 6.86 |
| May | 7.50 |
| June | 7.78 |
| July | 7.38 |
| August | 7.16 |
| September | 6.80 |
| October | 6.02 |
| November | 4.92 |
| December | 4.42 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N22.5E50.0, 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.