In coordination with the Center for Engineering Research and Applied Sciences, a group of the Center's members along with some students from the department of electrical engineering visited Sudair Renewable Energy Company. The visit is part of an agreement signed between the company and the university at the Sustainable Partnerships Conference.
The visit began with a presentation on safety procedures for visitors to the power station, followed by the CEO's presentation on the stages of project development and the most important achievements made by the company in installing and operating solar panels and connecting them to the electrical grid according to the period specified for each stage.
The director of the Research Center also talked about the solutions research can offer to the most important challenges facing the operation and production of renewable energy.
The company is willing to accept a number of students for cooperative training in the company.
Sudair power project is the largest of its kind in the Kingdom and the Middle East, with an expected generation capacity of 1500 megawatts using more than three million solar panels.