Nesma PMV: 1.6 MWp Grid-Tied Fuel-Saver Solar Solution, Dammam

Project: Nesma PMV, Grid-Tied Fuel-Saver Solar Solution
Service: Solar
Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Client: Nesma & Partners (published case study)
Scope: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC)
Status: Completed 

Nesma & Partners engaged FREE energy to design and deliver a 1.6 MWp grid-tied fuel-saver solar system for its PMV facility in Dammam, reducing the facility’s reliance on diesel generation as the second half of a two-site solar deployment across Nesma’s Dammam operations. The system integrates directly with the facility’s existing electrical infrastructure to displace the highest-cost portion of its energy consumption first, the defining principle of a fuel-saver solar design. 

Nesma’s own published case study on the installation, referred to there as the PMV Fabrication Shop, describes a system built from 1,966 Trina Solar N-type monocrystalline panels paired with Sungrow on-grid inverters running at 98.5% efficiency. Per that case study, the system generates roughly 727,164 kWh of clean electricity annually, meeting 46% of the shop’s power needs, cutting diesel consumption by an estimated 242,388 liters a year, and delivering approximately SAR 278,746 in annual savings with a projected 320.78% return on investment over 25 years, while eliminating an estimated 655,788 kg of CO2 emissions annually. 

Together with the neighboring 1.1 MWp Nesma Workshop installation, the two systems represent 2.7 MWp of combined fuel-saver solar capacity for Nesma & Partners in Dammam, reinforcing FREE energy’s position as a repeat solar EPC partner for one of the Kingdom’s largest engineering and contracting conglomerates.