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ACWA Power and Larsen & Toubro Select Nextracker’s All-Terrain Solar Trackers for Al Kahfah Solar Park
New Al Kahfah Solar Power Plant at 1.17 GW to play key role in Badeel and ACWA Power efforts to advance Saudi National Renewable Energy Program NX
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New Al Kahfah Solar Power Plant at 1.17 GW to play key role in Badeel and ACWA Power efforts to advance Saudi National Renewable Energy Program NX Horizon-XTR™ all-terrain solar tracker systems to deliver enhanced yield while minimizing environmental impact on project site The Al Kahfah project reinforces Nextracker’s commitment to the MEIA region with over 10 GW of smart solar tracking systems either operational or under fulfilment RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nextracker (Nasdaq: NXT), a leading global provider of intelligent solar tracker and software solutions, announced it was selected by ACWA Power and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) to provide its all-terrain tracker NX Horizon-XTR™ for a 1.17 GW installation at Al Kahfah Solar Power Plant, a strategically important renewable energy project in Saudi’s Central Province that is part of the National Renewable Energy Program. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240220787134/en/NX Horizon-XTR featured on a utility-scale solar power plant 250 MW. (Photo: Nextracker) Al Kahfah is one of the three major solar PV Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects being led by Badeel and ACWA Power. This solar plant will provide clean energy to the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) as part of the renewable energy projects essential to meet the targets of Vision 2030 and the Ministry of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Program to increase renewables in the nation’s energy mix to 50% by 2030. Global construction giant L&T has also been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the Al Kahfah Solar Power Plant. The Al Kahfah project will deploy Nextracker’s NX Horizon-XTR smart solar tracker systems. The area the solar plant will occupy is dominated by a hilly, hard-soil land surface that would typically require a combination of explosives and grading machines to flatten the land the new solar tracking system will cover. First delivered in 2018 and proven on dozens of utility scale projects successfully operating around the world, Nextracker’s all-terrain solar tracker system can conform to the natural terrain to reduce the need for costly land grading while significantly reducing environmental impact. The Al Kahfah project in Saudi Arabia represents Nextracker’s largest deployment of its NX Horizon-XTR solar...