Largest solar plants in Saudi Arabia

58 solar records for Saudi Arabia carry a capacity figure: 44.5 GW in total, 10.7 GW of it operating across 27 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the Saudi Arabia market page.

Largest operating solar plants in Saudi Arabia

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Shuaibah 2 Solar PVchecked	ACWA Power / PIF	2,060 MW	Operational
2	Sudair Solar PVchecked	ACWA Power / PIF / Aramco Power	1,500 MW	Operational
3	Al Kahfah Solar PVchecked	—	1,425 MW	Operational
4	Saad Solar PV Plant 2	ACWA Power Co	1,125 MW	Operational
5	Al Henakiyah 1 Solar PV	—	1,100 MW	Operational
6	Ar Rass 1 solar project	—	700 MW	Operational
7	Al-Faisaliah (Shuaibah) Solarchecked	Saudi Aramco Power Co	600 MW	Operational
8	Rabigh Solar PV	Marubeni Corp	400 MW	Operational
9	Red Sea Solar Plant	Saudi Tabreed District Cooling Co	400 MW	Operational
10	Sakaka PV IPPchecked	ACWA Power	300 MW	Operational
11	Jeddah Solar Project	EDF Renewables	300 MW	Operational
12	Amaala solar farm	Electricité de France SA	250 MW	Operational
13	Wadi Ad Dawasir Solar PV Plant	Toyota Tsusho Corp	119 MW	Operational
14	Layla Solar PVchecked	—	91 MW	Operational
15	Jubail 3B Solar PV Plant	ENGIE SA	61 MW	Operational
16	ISCC Waad Al Shamal CSP solar farm	Saudi Electricity Co	50 MW	Operational
17	Jubail 3A Solar PV Plant	Gulf Investment Corp	46 MW	Operational
18	Duba 1 ISCC	—	43 MW	Operational
19	ISCC Duba 1 solar farm	Saudi Electricity Co	43 MW	Operational
20	Nadec Solar PV IPP	ENGIE SA	30 MW	Operational
21	Al Khafji	—	20 MW	Operational
22	Yanbu 4 Iwp solar farm	ENGIE SA	11 MW	Operational
23	Dhahran	Saudi Aramco	11 MW	Operational
24	Layla Solar PV Plant 1	King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology	10 MW	Operational
25	Riyadh Region solar project VI	—	4.4 MW	Operational
26	Riyadh Region solar project IV	—	2 MW	Operational
27	Riyadh Region solar project II	—	1.5 MW	Operational

Watch Saudi Arabia solar. One email when a project on this ranking moves stage, is corrected, or a larger one is added.

Under construction or announced

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Bisha solar farm	Saudi Aramco Power Co	3,000 MW	Development
2	Humaji solar farm 1	Saudi Aramco Power Co	3,000 MW	Development
3	NEOM Green Hydrogen Solar & Windchecked	—	2,200 MW	Construction
4	Ar Rass 2 Solar PVchecked	—	2,000 MW	Construction
5	Afif 1 solar farm	Saudi Aramco Power Co	2,000 MW	Development
6	Afif 2 solar farm	Saudi Aramco Power Co	2,000 MW	Development
7	Al Sadawi solar farm	Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co	2,000 MW	Development
8	Al-Muwaih Solar PV	ACWA Power Co	2,000 MW	Construction
9	Haden solar farm	ACWA Power Co	2,000 MW	Construction
10	Khulis solar farm 1	Saudi Aramco Power Co	2,000 MW	Development
11	Al-Khushaybi Solar PV Park	ACWA Power Co	1,500 MW	Construction
12	Najran solar farm	Masdar Clean Energy	1,400 MW	Development
13	Tabarjal 2 PV solar plant	Saudi Power Procurement Co	1,400 MW	Development
14	Al Henakiyah 1 solar farm	Electricité de France	1,100 MW	Development
15	Al Masa'a solar farm	SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co Ltd	1,000 MW	Development
16	Ad Darb solar farm	Masdar Clean Energy	600 MW	Development
17	Mawqaq PV solar plant	—	600 MW	Development
18	Samtah solar farm	Saudi Electricity Co	600 MW	Development
19	Tathleeth PV solar plant	—	600 MW	Development
20	South Al Ula PV solar plant	—	500 MW	Development
21	Al Henakiyah 2 solar farm	SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co Ltd	400 MW	Development
22	Al Sufun solar farm	Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC)	400 MW	Development
23	Tubarjal solar farm	—	400 MW	Development
24	Rabigh 2 solar farm	TotalEnergies SE	300 MW	Development
25	Saad Solar PV Plant	Jinko Power Technology Co Ltd	300 MW	Construction
26	Qurayyat PV IPP solar farm	ACWA Power Co	200 MW	Development
27	Al Jubail-2 solar farm	Saline Water Conversion Corp Corp	110 MW	Development
28	Layla Solar PV Plant 2	Saudi Ministry of Energy	80 MW	Construction
29	Madinah PV IPP solar farm	Al-Balagha	50 MW	Concept
30	Al Jouf Cement solar farm	ENGIE	22 MW	Development

The Saudi Arabia solar records as a file

Rows from redistributable sources only, CC BY 4.0, issued to a work email.

Questions about solar in Saudi Arabia

What is the largest solar plant in Saudi Arabia?+

The largest operating solar plant on record in Saudi Arabia is Shuaibah 2 Solar PV at 2,060 MW, developed by ACWA Power / PIF. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.

What is the largest solar plant planned in Saudi Arabia?+

Bisha solar farm at 3,000 MW, at development stage. Of the 44.5 GW of solar on record for Saudi Arabia, 10.7 GW is operating; the rest is announced or being built.

How many solar plants does Saudi Arabia have?+

Solandor holds 58 solar records for Saudi Arabia with a stated capacity, 27 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.

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