Saudi Arabia’s Principal Buyer announced the request for qualification (RFQ) for Round 8 of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) this week. Round 8 projects have combined capacity of 3.2GW. 1.9GW is from two solar projects, the 900MW Tumar and 1GW East al-Amoah plants, and the 1.3GW al-Mozeraah wind farm. Although renewable capacity is expanding rapidly, new project awards have slowed down and Saudi Arabia has yet to award contracts for NREP Round 7 that was launched in September 2025 (MEES, 29 September 2025).