Saudi Arabia Launches The MENA Region’s Largest Solar Panel Factory And It’s A Big Win For Renewable Energy
2021 has been a defining year for Saudi Arabia as it seeks to tackle climate change by announcing a raft of initiatives. Saudi Arabia’s strong drive has been praised across the world, and it is even claimed that Saudi diplomacy helped save the COP26 talks. The latest feather in the cap continuing the kingdom’s streak of pushing towards its ambitious climate change goals is the launch of the MENA region’s largest solar panel factory in Tabuk.
The first phase of the 27,000 sq meter facility was launched last week.
Inauguration of the largest solar panel production plant in the Middle East in Tabuk.#SaudiArabia 🇸🇦 pic.twitter.com/OuKnnWpIaV
— Mamdooh 🌹 (@MamdoohAbdulla4) November 18, 2021
The plant is located strategically close to other mega projects, such as NEOM and the Red Sea project, that are all designed to run on renewables.
Bin Omairah Holding Company inaugurates the largest solar panel production plant in the Middle East and North Africa region, on an area of 27,000 m2, with a production capacity of 1.2 GW, in the Industrial City of the Tabuk region.
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— 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘻 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘦 (@AzeezKhalidS) November 18, 2021
The factory was built at a cost of a whopping SR700 million!
باستثمارات في الطاقة الشمسية تصل إلى 700 مليون ريال ..#المملكة تدشن أكبر مصنع لإنتاج الألواح الشمسية في منطقة #الشرق_الأوسط وشمال #أفريقيا في #تبوك، لتتجاوز المساحة الإجمالية للمصنع 27 ألف متر مربع وطاقةٍ إنتاجية تقدر بـ 1.2 غيغاواط.
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— إنماء السعودية | Saudi inma (@inma_ksa) November 17, 2021
Once fully functional it will have the production capacity to produce enough panels to generate a massive 1.2 gigawatts of power.
شركة بن عميره القابضة تدشّن أكبر مصنع لإنتاج الألواح الشمسية في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، على مساحة 27 ألف م2، وبطاقةٍ إنتاجية تقدر بـ 1.2 جيجا واط، في المدينة الصناعية بمنطقة #تبوك، بالقرب من المشاريع العملاقة في السعودية pic.twitter.com/c8FeuygqJG
— مشاريع السعودية (@SaudiProject) November 18, 2021
Longi, a prominent Chinese solar producer is reportedly looking for sites to set up its production units in the kingdom. Our sun-kissed desert lands are ideal for solar anyway, so it was about time that such mega solar panel factories came up in the country.
