What Is the First Renewable Energy Project in the Kingdom?

The Dawmat al-Jandal Wind Farm is the first renewable energy project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The project was launched in 2019 in al-Jawf Province, at a total cost of SAR1.876 billion. The project is part of the efforts of the National Renewable Energy Program and helps reduce carbon emissions and lessen the Kingdom's dependence on oil.

The Dawmat al-Jandal Wind Farm project became operational in 2022 and is equipped with ninety-nine turbines with a combined capacity of four hundred MW. The project contributes to powering approximately seventy thousand homes in al-Jawf Province in the north of the Kingdom.

The Dawmat al-Jandal Wind Farm project was awarded the 2019 Renewables Deal of the Year Award in the Middle East and Africa, following a record-low cost of electricity generation rate of USD0.0199 per kWh.