Saudi Renewables Tracker
Mawqaq solar PV project
A 600 MW solar PV project at Mawqaq, Hail, tendered according to the Saudi Renewables Tracker.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 600 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
- National Renewable Energy Program, round 7
- Tender year
- 2025
- Developers and published equity shares
- No developer is named in the tracker yet
- Grid
- National grid project
- Location
- Mawqaq, HailLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Annual generation, modelled
- 1,261,440 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
1,334
GWh a year
25.4%
Capacity factor
3.8% of the modelled output of this tracker’s tendered solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt1,100 GWh20.9%1,833 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here1,334 GWh25.4%2,223 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Mawqaq, 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
Mawqaq, Hail
The tracker places this project at Mawqaq, in Hail. 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 Mawqaq
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
6.22 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,270 kWh/m² a year
6.04 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
6.0 m/s
Wind at 50 m
22.3 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month August, 32.4 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.34 · Dustiest month May
| January | 4.26 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.18 |
| March | 6.26 |
| April | 7.00 |
| May | 7.54 |
| June | 8.28 |
| July | 8.12 |
| August | 7.50 |
| September | 6.70 |
| October | 5.50 |
| November | 4.36 |
| December | 3.92 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N27.0E41.0, 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.