Saudi Renewables Tracker
Henakiyah 1 solar PV project
A 1,100 MW solar PV project at Al Henakiyah, Madinah, connected to the grid according to the Principal Buyer register.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 1,100 MWSaudi Renewables Tracker, KAPSARC snapshot 12 September 2026
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- OperatingSaudi Renewables Tracker, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Stage in the Principal Buyer register
- Connected to the gridListed as “Al Henakiyah 1”; 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
- Completion year
- 2025As 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
- Masdar (33.3%)
- EDF Renewables (33.4%)
- Nesma Renewables (33.3%)
- Grid
- National grid project
- Location
- Al Henakiyah, MadinahLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Levelised cost of electricity, as tendered
- 1.684 US cents per kWhAs published in the KAPSARC dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Annual generation, modelled
- 2,312,640 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
2,494
GWh a year
25.9%
Capacity factor
8.3% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt2,035 GWh21.1%1,850 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here2,494 GWh25.9%2,268 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Al Hinakiyah, 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.
| Date | Change | Before and after | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | Added to the register (backfilled) | — → 1,100 MW | Principal Buyer register |
Location
Al Henakiyah, Madinah
The tracker places this project at Al Henakiyah, in Madinah. 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 Hinakiyah
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
5.82 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
6.4 m/s
Wind at 50 m
25.6 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month August, 34.6 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.35 · Dustiest month May
| January | 4.46 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.34 |
| March | 6.36 |
| April | 6.92 |
| May | 7.34 |
| June | 7.96 |
| July | 7.76 |
| August | 7.18 |
| September | 6.60 |
| October | 5.72 |
| November | 4.62 |
| December | 4.16 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N24.5E40.5, 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.