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Engineer working on checking equipment in solar power plant. Getty Images Image used for illustrative purpose.
ACWA Power announced on Wednesday that it has received the Commercial Operation certificate from the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) for Group 3 of the 1.5-gigawatt (GW) Sudair solar photovoltaic (PV) Independent Power Plant (IPP) project, located in Sudair Industrial City.
With the operationalisation of Group 3, which represented the remaining 25 percent of the total project capacity, the plant has achieved full commercial operation, according to an ACWA Power stock exchange statement.
In October 2023, the project achieved 75 percent operationalisation after Group 2 received Commercial Operation certificate.
Read more: Saudi’s Sudair solar PV IPP is 75% operational
(Writing by D Madhura; Editing by Anoop Menon)
(anoop.menon@lseg.com)
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