Chinese tracker specialist Arctech Solar has signed a contract with Shanghai Electric to supply its SkyLine II solar tracking system to the 2.3 GW Sadawi Solar Project in eastern Saudi Arabia.
Covering about 40 km²—equivalent to 5,700 football fields—the Sadawi installation will exclusively utilise Arctech’s Desert-engineered SkyLine II trackers, capable of enduring sandstorms and wind speeds of up to 55 m/s. The systems are customised for bifacial module deployment and feature robotic self-cleaning mechanisms to boost power yield.
At full operation, Sadawi is expected to generate more than 6 billion kWh per year, supplying electricity to around 700,000 households and cutting approximately 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually
The signing increases Arctech’s total Saudi solar tracker volume in 2025 to over 4 GW, bringing its cumulative Middle East pipeline to more than 15 GW.
Sadawi forms part of Saudi Arabia’s National Renewable Energy Programme (NREP) Round 5, in which a consortium led by UAE’s Masdar, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), and China’s GD Power secured the IPP contract in late 2024.
The consortium signed a power purchase agreement with the Saudi Power Procurement Company, locking in a competitive tariff of approximately $1.29 ¢/kWh, targeting commercial operation in Q2 2027.
