Saudi Arabia’s first utility-scale wind farm – the 400MW Dumat al-Jandal – will be built by a consortium of France’s EDF Renewables and Abu Dhabi clean energy group Masdar.
The EDF/Masdar bid was named winner of a tender that attracted four contenders to construct the project in the oil-rich kingdom’s northwestern al-Jouf province.
The Saudi energy ministry said in July last year that the EDF/Masdar bid had posted the lowest bid, equivalent to $21.20/MWh,
