RIYADH: A wind farm in the Kingdom’s northwest has won an international award for its low production costs. The project, which generates electric power from wind energy in Dumat Al-Jandal, won the 2019 Middle East and Africa Power Deal of the Year award, one of the annual Project Finance International Awards.
It was one of the projects put forward by the Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) at the Ministry of Energy.
It achieved a new record in scoring the lowest flat cost of electricity production amounting to $0.0199 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) at the financial closure of the project (when all the financial documents of a projects have been signed and conditions have been fulfilled), which has a targeted production capacity of 400 megawatts (MW), exceeding the global benchmarks for production costs.
The award was received by the head of REPDO, Faisal bin Abdullah Al-Yemni, as well as the project’s developers and consultants during a London ceremony that was attended by project finance leaders from all over the world.
Dumat Al-Jandal is the largest project of its kind in the region and is Saudi Arabia’s first wind energy project to win an award.
Saudi wind farm wins international award
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Saudi wind farm wins international award
- Dumat Al-Jandal is the largest project of its kind in the region and is Saudi Arabia’s first wind energy project to win an award
Winners of orphans’ Olympiad announced in Al-Qunfudhah
- Honors for physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology
- Event includes training for primary, secondary pupils
RIYADH: The winners of the first Scientific Excellence Olympiad for orphans’ associations were announced in Al-Qunfudhah governorate on Monday.
The event was organized by the Orphans’ Association in Wadi Hali, in partnership with the Council for Orphans’ Associations, under the patronage of Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal.
Al-Qunfudhah Gov. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Qubba’ handed out the awards.
Thirty-eight associations from the Kingdom participated in the event representing 86 percent of all beneficiaries, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Abuwah Orphans Care Association in Unaizah won first place in the associations category, followed by the Kafel Orphans Care Association in Makkah, and the Binaa Orphans Care Association in the Eastern Province.
In the academic category, the Kafel Orphans Care Association won first place in mathematics, chemistry, and biology.
The Abuwah Orphans Care Association won first place in physics, second place in mathematics and biology, and third in chemistry.
The Binaa Orphans Care Association took home second in chemistry and physics, and third in mathematics.
The Insan Orphans Care Association in Riyadh came third in physics, while the Abnaouna Orphans Care Association in Khulais came third in biology.
Also, the Atf Orphans Care Association in Al-Aridah received the Media Excellence Banner Award for its efforts in tandem with the Olympiad’s activities.
The Olympiad’s training activities included problem-solving, decision-making, self-confidence, communication, and examination preparedness.
Indicators are used to measure the impact and sustainability of these programs for those at primary and secondary school levels.
