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    Saudi Arabia receives four bids for $500m wind farm

    July 26, 2018
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    26 July 2018, News Wires — Saudi Arabia has received bids from four consortiums competing to build a $500 million Saudi wind farm project, officials said, as the world’s top oil exporter pushes to diversify its energy sector.

    France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles placed the lowest bid for the 400-megawatt Dumat al-Jandal wind project in the northern Al Jouf province, while the second lowest was submitted by the French firm ENGIE, the Saudi energy ministry said.

    Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Italy’s Enel Green Power were among the other pre-qualified bidders for what is billed as the country’s first utility-scale wind energy project, part of the government’s reform plan to wean the kingdom off oil.

    The winning bid is set to be announced on December 18, the ministry added.

    “The kingdom’s first utility-scale wind project opens a new chapter in our journey towards a diversified energy mix,” Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih said in a statement.

    “The development of a wind energy industry in Saudi Arabia is an important component of our wider industrial diversification strategy.”

    The project will generate power to supply up to 70,000 Saudi households, he added.

    The Saudi national energy programme aims to raise the share from renewables to 3.45 gigawatts in 2020 and up to 9.5 GW three years later.

    Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies have been looking into ways to cut their energy bills and diversify their power sources away from oil, their main export commodity.

    Virtually all of Saudi Arabia’s power currently comes from crude or refined oil and natural gas.

    Earlier this year Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled plans to develop the globe’s biggest solar power project for $200 billion in partnership with Japan’s SoftBanks group.

    The memorandum of understanding seeks to produce up to 200 gigawatts of power by 2030 — about 100 times the capacity of the current biggest projects.

     

    • AFP

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