Output reached 11.203 megawatts (MW) at 11.09, equivalent to 29.5% of the country’s total electricity demand.

The previous record was set on 22 January this year, when output reached 11.175 MW.

REE said last week that renewable energy capacity will grow at an annual rate of 9% to reach 39,680 megawatts (MW) in 2016, compared to 20,164 MW now. Of this, some 29,000 MW will be from wind power, and 4,500 MW from solar.

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