Kuwait: 50MW solar plant

Spain’s TSK Group has announced a deal worth $385m to develop a 50MW solar plant in the Shagaya region, some 100km from Kuwait City, for commercial operation in 2017. The photovoltaic (PV) plant – Kuwait’s biggest – will supply some 100,000 households in the region, which borders Saudi Arabia and Iraq, TSK Group said. Electricity and water minister Ahmed Al-Jassar has said Kuwait intends to install 4.5GW of mainly solar PV and wind renewable energy capacity by 2030. Kuwait Oil Company and Spain’s Gestamp Solar have agreements to install 10MW solar PV plants. All three plants will be government-funded.