Mecca
plans
on
5
January
to
select
from
a
group
of
at
least
20
bidders
competing
to
build
the
plants,
which
could
also
include
generating
energy
from
waste,
wind
and
biomass,
according
to
the
city’s
Mayor
Osama
al-Bar.
The
plans
are
part
of
Saudi
Arabia’s
aim
to
scale-up
renewable
energy
capacity
over
the
next
20
years,
with
solar
potentially
supplying
41GW.
The
100MW
solar
plant
would
help
to
light
35
tunnels
and
other
key
infrastructure,
and
cut
the
city’s
100m
riyal
($26.7m)
annual
electricity
bill.
The
winning
bidder
will
be
given
a
build-own-transfer…
