The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (Repdo) of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has issued a request for qualification (RFQ) for a 400MW wind farm to be built at Dumat Al Jandal in the northwestern Al-Jawf region of Saudi Arabia.
This “will become the kingdom’s first utility scale wind project, part of round one of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP),” says Repdo. This suggests that plans for a 400MW wind farm at Midyan in the northwest Tabuk region – for which Repdo announced 24 qualifying companies in April (MEES, 14 April) – have been shelved. It is unclear if these firms remain qualified for the revised project at Dumat Al Jandal. The only other renewables project namechecked in the latest announcement is the kingdom’s initial tender for 300MW of solar PV in Sakaka, 27 qualifiers for which were also announced in April. (CONTINUED - 547 WORDS)
