Al Askar PV (2019 award; lapsed)
Al Askar PV (2019 award; lapsed) - a Solar Independent Power Producer in Bahrain. Capacity 100 MW. Winning consortium: ACWA + Mitsui + Almoayyed. LCOE: USD $0.0391/kWh. Status: Stalled.
- Country
- Bahrain
- Procurer
- EWA
- City / region
- Askar landfill
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status
- Stalled
- LCOE
- USD $0.0391/kWh
Winning consortium
ACWA + Mitsui + Almoayyed - equity: ACWA 60% / Mitsui 30% / Almoayyed 10%
Procurement timeline
- RFQ: Mar 2017
- RFP: 2018
- Bid submission: Jan 2019
- Preferred bidder: Feb 2019
- Financial close: Not reached
- PCOD: Did not proceed
Technical scope
Process: PV on remediated landfill (planned)
Headline 3.91c/kWh at 2019 award. Landfill remediation issues prevented FC. EWA relaunched as Bilaj Al Jazayer Oct 2025
Notes
Original 2019 award.
Sources
Open the full Solar IPP benchmark →Part of the GulfInfra · GCC Infrastructure Library - a free open-source benchmark of 136 public-private partnership procurements across the GCC. Methodology: how we build this.