LONGi to Supply its Hi-MO 5 Solar Modules for 400MW Project in Saudi Arabia

At a ceremony in Riyadh attended by LONGi and its partner GTek Solar (Green Technology Company), it has been announced that LONGi has been awarded a module supply contract for the 400MW (DC) Rabigh Solar PV IPP project in Saudi Arabia via its EPC contractor, China Energy Engineering Group, Guangdong Power Engineering Company (GPEC).

The 400MW plant is located in Rabigh Industrial City, in the Kingdom's western Makkah Province, some 150km from Jeddah, and will exclusively deploy LONGi Hi-MO 5(72C) modules.

The COD is forecast to take place in July 2023 and will be Marubeni's first large-scale solar project in Saudi Arabia and its fourth in the MENA region. It was selected in 2020 by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) financing programme, a venture resulting from cooperation between the Saudi and Japanese governments.

Omar Alluhaydan, GTek Solar CEO, added: 'Signing up for the Rabigh project is another step towards a sustainable future with our partners, while helping achieve Vision 2030's objective of increasing the contribution of renewable energy.'

Jia Chao, LONGi VP for MEA & CA, concluded: 'Saudi Arabia is at the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds, leading investment capabilities and sustainable Vision 2030 ambitions. LONGi, GPEC and GTek will work together to win and build more mega projects to drive the Saudi energy transformation, in order to accomplish the Kingdom's vision of renewables contributing up to 50% of the total energy mix by 2030.'