中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网8月21日报道，据沙特通讯社报道，包括石油巨头沙特阿美石油公司和一家由沙特主权财富基金拥有的公司在内的几家沙特公司宣布，沙特阿拉伯一个价值23.7亿美元的大型太阳能项目的财务结算。
沙特阿美电力公司(SAPCO)是世界最大的石油公司沙特阿美的全资子公司，以及沙特阿拉伯的ACWA电力公司和公共投资基金(PIF)全资拥有的水电控股公司(Badeel)正在推进Al Shuaibah 1号和Al Shuaibah 2号太阳能光伏项目，预计将产生逾2.6吉瓦的清洁电力。Al Shuaibah PV 1和Al Shuaibah PV 2的发电量分别为600兆瓦和2031兆瓦，将能够为大约45万沙特家庭供电。
这座总投资约为23.7亿美元的该电厂，预计将于2025年开始商业运营。
ACWA Power首席执行官Marco Arcelli表示，这一突破性项目获得融资标志着沙特朝着实现清洁能源目标迈出了重要一步，这与国家可再生能源计划保持一致，该计划旨在到2030年实现50%的电力来自可再生能源。
阿美石油公司下游业务总裁Mohammed Al Qahtani评论道，“我们参与Al Shuaibah PV 1和Al Shuaibah PV 2项目，这与我们减少阿美公司碳足迹、创造更可持续未来的努力是一致的。虽然石油和天然气将在满足当前和未来的能源需求方面发挥重要作用，但可再生能源将在应对气候变化挑战的能源转型中发挥越来越大的作用”。
沙特阿拉伯能源大臣萨勒曼今年早些时候表示，到2030年，沙特阿拉伯将在低碳能源项目上投入约2700亿美元(1万亿里亚尔)，并补充道，沙特还将投资于电网现代化。
在风能和太阳能方面，沙特阿拉伯可能拥有世界上最具雄心的产能增加目标。到2030年，沙特的目标是拥有约58吉瓦的风能和太阳能发电能力，而目前还不到1吉瓦。
郝芬 译自 油价网
原文如下:
Saudi Arabia Secures Financing For $2.4 Billion Solar Project
Several Saudi firms, including oil giant Aramco and a company owned by the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, announced on Sunday the financial close of a major solar project in Saudi Arabia worth $2.37 billion in investment, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Saudi Aramco Power Company (SAPCO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the world’s largest oil firm, Aramco, as well as Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and the Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), wholly-owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), are advancing the Al Shuaibah 1 and Al Shuaibah 2 solar PV projects, which are expected to generate more than 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of clean electricity. Al Shuaibah PV 1 and Al Shuaibah PV 2 will have a capacity of 600 MW and 2,031 MW respectively, and will be capable of powering around 450,000 Saudi households.
With total investment estimated at $2.37 billion, the plant is expected to start commercial operations in 2025.
Securing financing for this groundbreaking project marks a significant step towards achieving Saudi Arabia’s clean energy goals, in alignment with the National Renewable Energy Program, which aims to generate 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030,” Marco Arcelli, chief executive at ACWA Power, said.
Mohammed Al Qahtani, President of Downstream at Aramco, commented,“Our participation in the Al Shuaibah PV 1 and Al Shuaibah PV 2 projects aligns with our efforts to reduce Aramco’s carbon footprint and create a more sustainable future.”
While oil and gas will play a major role to meet the energy demand of today and tomorrow, renewables will increasingly play a part in the energy transition to address the climate change challenges,” Al Qahtani added.
Saudi Arabia will spend some $270 billion (1 trillion riyals) on low-carbon energy projects by 2030, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said earlier this year, adding the Kingdom would also invest in modernizing its grid.
In wind and solar, Saudi Arabia has perhaps one of the most ambitious capacity-building targets in the world. In 2030, the Kingdom aims to have some 58 GW of wind and solar energy capacity, which would compare with less than 1 GW currently.（https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Arabia-Secures-Financing-For-24-Billion-Solar-Project.html）
