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Saudi Arabia Calls for Submitting Bids of NREP’s Round Two

A Saudi solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
A Saudi solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
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Saudi Arabia Calls for Submitting Bids of NREP’s Round Two

A Saudi solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
A Saudi solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources has issued the request for proposals (RFPs) for round two of the Kingdom’s National Renewable Energy Program (NREP).

The RFPs for two ‘Category A’ projects was issued on Thursday, following the issuance of RFPs for four ‘Category B’ solar projects on July 18.

The six projects will see a total solar PV capacity of 1.47 gigawatts (GW) tendered to qualified companies.

In June 2019, REPDO qualified 60 companies, including 28 from Saudi Arabia.

Qualified companies will now proceed to the RFPs stage as either managing member, technical member, or under a newly-created category of ‘local managing member’.

This new category will encourage greater local and international partnerships during the forming of bidding consortia.

Round two projects have been divided into two categories: ‘Category A’ for smaller projects and ‘Category B’ for larger projects.

‘Category A’ projects require consortium members to partner with at least one local managing member.

Projects within round two will carry a minimum requirement of 17 percent local content as calculated by the mechanisms defined by the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority (LCGPA), which aims to increase the value-added contribution of products and services in the national economy.

The six projects being tendered within round two represent the first half of REPDO’s 2019 project development pipeline.

A further six projects will be tendered by Q4 2019 and will constitute round three of the NREP.

It is noteworthy that proposals for round two ‘Category B’ projects must be submitted by November 18, and the deadline for ‘Category A’ projects is December 3.

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French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to Asharq Al-Awsat: Military Option Ineffective in Israel-Iran Conflict 

French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Patrick Maisonnave. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Patrick Maisonnave. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to Asharq Al-Awsat: Military Option Ineffective in Israel-Iran Conflict 

French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Patrick Maisonnave. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Patrick Maisonnave. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Patrick Maisonnave said Paris believes that military intervention will not resolve the “problem” over Iran’s nuclear program.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said such a solution was “ineffective” because it cannot completely eliminate Iran’s nuclear knowledge or ensure the complete destruction of all of its nuclear facilities.

Moreover, he warned against attempts to change the Iranian regime from the outside, saying it may have dire consequences, such as the collapse of the state, civil war, instability, regional conflicts, migration crises and raise terrorism threat levels.

This instability may also impact the security of the Gulf region and extend to Europe as well, he warned.

Damage to Iran’s nuclear sites may lead to dangerous radiation in the region that may spread to other regions, including Gulf waters, he went on to say.

Furthermore, military intervention will pose major dangers to regional stability, the security of France’s partners and allies in the region, and the Hormuz Strait. It may lead to attacks on American military bases and energy infrastructure, warned Maisonnave.

A diplomatic solution is the best way forward, he stressed, explaining that it will lead to a viable and permanent solution that enjoys international backing. This solution must tackle technical issues, such as enrichment levels. It also averts the grave consequences of military escalation.

A diplomatic solution must ensure that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are allowed to tour nuclear facilities at any time and without prior notice, he added.

This is the path that France chose in the past and that it believes is the best way to reach a permanent and peaceful solution, he stressed.

At the same time, the ambassador acknowledged that the Iranian nuclear program was a dangerous threat to French and European security interests, as well as to countries of the Gulf given its potential to destabilize the region and the “security of our allies”.

This concern deepened after IAEA inspectors were for years unable to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, he remarked.

France and European countries are very concerned that the program was not designed with purely civilian purposes, Maisonnave said.