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Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) announces the list of Qualified Bidders for Group 1 Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) having Combined Capacity of 2,000 MW/8000 MWh across Saudi Arabia on build, own and operate (BOO) model.
Following are the project locations:
500MW/ 2000MWh Al-Muwaih BESS to be located approximately 180 km Northeast of Taif, in the Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
500MW/ 2000MWh Haden BESS to be located approximately 93 km Northeast of Taif, in the Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
500MW/ 2000MWh Khushaybi BESS to be located approximately 6.7 kms south of Al Khushaybi and 45 km south of Ar Rass, in the Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia
500MW/ 2000MWh Kahafah BESS to be located approximately 135 km south of Hail, in the Hail Province, Saudi Arabia
The List of Qualified Bidders:
Category: Managing & Technical:
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – PJSC – Masdar
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA)
ACWA Power Company-Saudi Listed Joint Stock Company
Akaysha Energy Pty Ltd
China Energy Overseas Investment Company Limited (CEECOIC)
China Power Engineering Consulting Group International Engineering Co., Ltd
China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Limited (CSGIHK)
Cox Energy EPC S.L.
Electricité De France (EDF)
Envision Energy Co., Ltd
FRV-X Renewable, S.L.
International Power S.A. (IPSA)
JERA NEX Limited
Jinko Power (HK) Company Limited
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
Marubeni Corporation
Pro -Power Investment Limited
Samsung C&T Corporation
SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd.
Total Energies Renewables SAS
X-ELIO Energy S.L.U
Category: Managing Only
Al Gihaz Holding Company
Al Jomaih Energy & Water Co. Ltd.
Alfanar Company
FAS Energy KSA LLC
GCL Intelligent Energy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Gulf Energy Development Public Company Limited
Nesma Renewable Energy
POSCO International Corporation
Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA)
Saudi Electricity Company
Shell Overseas Investment BV
Sumitomo Corporation
The BESS is expected to replace part load operation of existing power plants by charging & discharging according to the system load variations, primary & secondary reserve and shall also operate to provide voltage and frequency regulations.
Each project will be developed under a build-own-operate (BOO) model, with the successful bidder holding 100 per cent equity in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up to develop and operate the Independent Storage Provider (ISP) project. Each SPV will enter into a 15-year Storage Services Agreement with SPPC.
As part of Vision 2030, KSA aims to supply 50% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and has set a clear plan to transition its energy mix towards solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. To date over 10,100 MWac of renewable energy (solar PV and wind energy) projects have already been tendered on a competitive basis in KSA |
