Nesma Workshop: 1.1 MWp Grid-Tied Fuel-Saver Solar Solution, Dammam
Project: Nesma Workshop, Grid-Tied Fuel-Saver Solar Solution
Service: Solar
Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Client: Nesma & Partners
Scope: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC)
Status: Commissioned
Nesma & Partners, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading diversified engineering, construction, and contracting groups, engaged FREE energy to design and deliver a grid-tied fuel-saver solar system for its Workshop facility in Dammam, part of a pair of solar deployments the group commissioned across its Dammam operations to reduce reliance on conventional grid and diesel power.
Fuel-saver solar solutions differ from standard grid-tied systems in that they are purpose-engineered to integrate with a facility’s existing power infrastructure, whether grid-connected, diesel-generated, or hybrid, to displace the highest-cost portion of energy consumption first. The engineering team designed the Nesma Workshop system under this principle, delivering full EPC scope, engineering, procurement, and construction, to integrate a 1.1 MWp solar installation with the facility’s existing electrical distribution and load profile.
The Workshop system is being delivered alongside a companion 1.6 MWp installation at the neighboring Nesma PMV facility, together representing 2.7 MWp of combined fuel-saver solar capacity across Nesma’s Dammam sites, materially reducing operating costs while strengthening energy resilience for the group. No independently published source describing this specific installation was found; the figures above come from internal project records.
