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Saudis Target 30 Solar, Wind Projects in $50 Billion Pledge

Saudi Arabia will develop 30 solar and wind projects over the next 10 years

December 12, 2018
inCommodities, Metals, Sector Update
Saudis Target 30 Solar, Wind Projects in $50 Billion Pledge

Saudi Arabia will develop 30 solar and wind projects over the next 10 years as part of the kingdom’s $50 billion program to boost power generation and cut its oil consumption.

The world’s biggest exporter of crude oil will produce 10 percent of its power from renewables by 2023, Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said Monday at a conference in Riyadh. It also plans to generate an unspecified amount of electricity from nuclear plants.

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The country is currentlyseeking bidsto build 700 megawatts of wind and solar power capacity in the first round of tenders. It plans asecond tender roundfor rights to build 400 megawatts more of wind power and an additional 620 megawatts of solar plants, Turki Al Shehri, head of the ministry’s renewable energy project development office, told reporters. Saudi Arabia will tender for the wind project in the fourth quarter at a project planned for the northern area of Domat al-Jandal, Al-Falih said.

The projects are part of a plan to transform the Saudi economy by weaning it off oil and creating new industries. Saudi Arabia plans to develop almost 10 gigawatts of renewables by 2023, requiring the investment of up to $50 billion, Al-Falih said inJanuary. Tapping new power sources and boosting natural gas production will help the kingdom cut domestic use of oil for energy as the government plans to sell shares in the state crude producer.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co., which generates 6 gigawatts of electricity per year, is interested in participating in the second round of bidding for renewable projects, Abdulaziz Al-Judaimi, senior vice president, said at the conference. Generating capacity will increase to 10 gigawatts next year, he said.

Along with the planned initial public offering of Aramco, as Saudi Arabian Oil is known, the government plans to privatize the power industry to restructure the economy, Al-Falih said. The government will sell stakes inSaudi Electricity Co.’s four generation units and its transmission and distribution businesses will operate independently, he said.

“There are no dates established yet, but the process has been moving and we are working on that,” Saudi Electricity’s Chief Executive Officer Ziyad Al-Shiha said on the sidelines of the conference. The government will also create a new company to trade power locally and wants to sell electricity to other countries, Al-Falih said.

Saudi Arabia is producing around 200 megawatts from renewable sources, the energy ministry’s Al Shehri said. Investors picked to build the renewables plants in Saudi Arabia will own and operate the facilities for between 20 and 25 years, he said. They will be able to renew their operating licenses or sell the plants after that, and the government will not own the renewable projects, he said.

The energy ministry will issue a request for qualifications for the wind project in the fourth quarter, Al Shehri said.

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