Bahrain’s First Solar Power Plant: 150MW Tender to Power 6,300 Homes & Slash 100,000t CO₂
Bahrain’s EWA formally launched the tender on Oct. 16, 2025 for the kingdom’s first utility-scale PV plant renewablesnow.com. President Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed called it “one of the most prominent strategic projects” for Bahrain’s clean energy push renewablesnow.com. The detailed tender documents specify a Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP of at least 100 MWac, allowing scale up to the originally announced 150 MW. Bids from experienced developers are due by Dec 28, 2025 taiyangnews.info. The winning bidder will sign a long-term power purchase/operation deal under a Build-Own-Operate model pv-tech.org taiyangnews.info. In practice, the private developer must finance the project upfront, build and maintain it, and handle grid connection – with Bahrain buying the power.