China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) says that Saudi Arabia’s 2.06GW Shuaibah-2 solar PV plant has now been commissioned.
CEEC was the EPC contractor for the project, and in a 23 January announcement, it says that the plant was put into operation on 15 January, having been connected to the grid in late-2024 (MEES, 1 November 2024). Shuaibah-2 is now the largest solar plant in Saudi Arabia, overtaking the 1.5GW Sudair facility and boosting the kingdom’s total renewables capacity to 6.46GW (see table). (CONTINUED - 174 WORDS)
