The US$500mn wind farm will generate enough power to supply up to 70,000 Saudi households. (Image source: MEIM)

The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) at the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources (MEIM) in Saudi Arabia hosted the bid opening ceremony for its Dumat Al Jandal 400MW wind project

The initiative is in line with Saudi Arabia?s aim to boost the renewable energy sector. (Image source: Martin Abegglen/Flickr)

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has commenced the operation of a solar-powered plant in Waad al-Shamal Mining City, located south of Turaif in the northern border region

ACWA Power signs agreement with Central Energy Fund SA. (Image source: ACWA Power)

Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power and Central Energy Fund of South Africa have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a 100MW Redstone concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plant in South Africa?s Northern Cape Province

The 370 GWh of energy that the plant will produce and supply annually to industrial companies is equivalent to a yearly average consumption of a city of 400,000 people and will contribute to the reduction of more than 144,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. (Image source: ACWA Power)

ACWA Power has inaugurated its 120MW Khalladi wind farm in Tangiers, which will supply clean power to a number of large industrial companies, mainly operating in the cement sector in Morocco at competitive prices