ACWA Power, Aramco consortium obtains $600m financing for Saudi largest solar project: CNBC Arabia

The project is pegged to be the biggest solar PV plant in Saudi Arabia. (Shutterstock)
Short Url
Updated 25 August 2021
Follow

ACWA Power, Aramco consortium obtains $600m financing for Saudi largest solar project: CNBC Arabia

RIYADH: A consortium of ACWA Power, Saudi Aramco, and PIF-owned Badeel, will obtain financing for the 1.5GW Al-Sudair solar scheme of $600 million at 110 basis points (bp) with fees at 150bp, a banking source told CNBC Arabia.

Aramco has joined the deal by taking a 30 percent equity stake alongside ACWA Power and Badeel, a Public Investment Company.

A document seen by CNBC Arabia showed that 27 percent of the cost being funded through an equity bridge loan.

PIF declined to comment, while Acwa didn't respond to emails requesting comments.


Closing Bell: Saudi main index closes in red at 11,183

Updated 16 February 2026
Follow

Closing Bell: Saudi main index closes in red at 11,183

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index dipped on Monday, losing 44.79 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 11,183.85.

The total trading turnover of the benchmark index was SR4.05 billion ($1.08 billion), as 69 of the listed stocks advanced, while 191 retreated.

The MSCI Tadawul Index decreased, down 6.63 points or 0.44 percent, to close at 1,504.73.

The Kingdom’s parallel market Nomu lost 328.20 points, or 1.36 percent, to close at 23,764.92. This comes as 22 of the listed stocks advanced, while 49 retreated.

The best-performing stock was Maharah Human Resources Co., with its share price surging by 7.26 percent to SR6.50.

Other top performers included Arabian Cement Co., which saw its share price rise by 6.27 percent to SR22.71, and Saudi Research and Media Group, which saw a 4.3 percent increase to SR104.30.

On the downside, the worst performer of the day was Arabian Internet and Communications Services Co., whose share price fell by 8.01 percent to SR207.80.

Jahez International Co. for Information System Technology and Al-Rajhi Co. for Cooperative Insurance also saw declines, with their shares dropping by 5.61 percent and 4.46 percent to SR12.79 and SR75, respectively.

On the announcement front, Etihad Etisalat Co. announced its financial results for 2025 with a 7.9 percent year-on-year growth in its revenues, to reach SR19.6 billion.

In a Tadawul statement, Mobily said that this growth is attributed to “the expansion of all revenue streams, with a healthy growth in the overall subscriber base.”

Mobily delivered an 11.6 percent increase in net profit, reaching SR3.4 billion in 2025 compared to SR3.1 billion in 2024.

The company’s share price reached SR67.85, marking a 0.37 percent increase on the main market.