Arctech has backed a 1.2 GW Faris PV project, also referred to as the PIF6 PV Project umbrella, in Saudi Arabia. The award comes from China Energy International Engineering (Energy China). The trackers to be supplied are Arctech’s Skyline II – a solar tracking system engineered to steer extreme wind loads, ensuring safety and stability in windswept desert environments.
Arctech is a global solar-tracking and racking solutions provider, headquartered in China, with hubs in India and Saudi Arabia as well. It has expanded presence in the Middle East, where it supplies large-scale tracker systems for multi-gigawatt solar projects. It had previously acquired a 2.3 GW tracker contract in Saudi Arabia for the Haden PV Project / PIF4 using the Skyline II system. Parallelly, it has formally completed Phase II of its manufacturing facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, investing USD 60 million in an expansion spanning about 100,000 m2. This upgrade boosts the company’s annual production capacity in the Kingdom to 15 GW.
Significance for Saudi Arabia
- It supports the Kingdom’s Saudi Vision 2030 to massively ramp up its renewable energy whilst localizing key industries, exemplified by the Jeddah plant.
- A localized manufacturing base reduces delivery times and costs, and accelerates execution and cost efficiencies.
- As part of the broader localization and industrial supply chain strategy, through the Jeddah facility, Arctech plans to produce critical components like transmission shafts, steel posts, AI-driven control boxes, thereby supporting local subcontractors and escalate sustainable PV.
