Saudi Renewables Tracker
Shuaibah 2 solar PV project
A 2,060 MW solar PV project at Alshuaibah, Makkah, connected to the grid according to the Principal Buyer register.
The record
What the tracker and the register hold for this project
- Capacity
- 2,060 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 “Shuaibah 2”; 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
- 2024As published; a year still ahead is a stated target
- Procurement route
- Public Investment Fund programme
- Tender year
- 2021
- Developers and published equity shares
- Badeel (34.99%)
- ACWA Power (35.01%)
- Saudi Aramco Power (30%)
- Grid
- National grid project
- Location
- Alshuaibah, MakkahLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
- Levelised cost of electricity, as tendered
- 1.79 US cents per kWhAs published in the KAPSARC dashboard, snapshot 12 September 2026
- Annual generation, modelled
- 4,330,944 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
4,607
GWh a year
25.5%
Capacity factor
15.4% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt3,751 GWh20.8%1,821 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here4,607 GWh25.5%2,236 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Ash Shuaybah, 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) | — → 2,060 MW | Principal Buyer register |
Location
Alshuaibah, Makkah
The tracker places this project at Alshuaibah, 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 Ash Shuaybah
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
6.10 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,227 kWh/m² a year
5.24 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
5.2 m/s
Wind at 50 m
29.7 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month June, 34.1 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.38 · Dustiest month July
| January | 4.56 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.42 |
| March | 6.42 |
| April | 7.06 |
| May | 7.28 |
| June | 7.34 |
| July | 7.04 |
| August | 6.72 |
| September | 6.32 |
| October | 5.84 |
| November | 4.88 |
| December | 4.34 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N20.5E39.5, 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.