There was a certain inevitability to the 6 February announcement that Acwa Power had been selected to build Saudi Arabia’s first utility-scale solar PV plant, to supply 300MW at Al-Jouf. Successful in major solar PV schemes from Dubai to Morocco, Acwa Power offered another record-breaking tariff ($0.023417/kWh) to secure a 25-year power purchase agreement for the Skaka independent power project (IPP) at Al-Jouf.
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