# Qassim 1 (Qassim 1 Independent Power Project) Publisher: CapexCue Canonical dossier: Dossier reference: release 2 (6dabc0a1-d7e9-41b6-a1e7-6549621e2121) Released project intelligence Oldest supporting observation: 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 Dossier released: 2026-11-05T00:21:53.468251+00:00 Source report dates and capture dates are listed per fact below; neither establishes an event date. ## Project summary Qassim 1 (Qassim 1 Independent Power Project) is an 1,800 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. ACWA Power is named as developer. ACWA Power and Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) signed a 25-year power purchase agreement covering development, financing, construction, ownership and operation; SPPC is the sole off-taker. ACWA Power lists Q2 2027 as the planned commercial operations date. GE Vernova locates Qassim 1 around 30 km southeast of Buraydah. Its announcement, dated June 24, 2024, identifies SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd. as the EPC company from which it secured an equipment order for Qassim 1 and Taiba 1 together: six 7HA.03 and two 7E.03 gas turbines. GE Vernova says the order was booked in March 2024; the announcement gives no Qassim 1-specific turbine allocation. It also reports signing a 21-year service agreement with NOMAC, an ACWA Power subsidiary, to support plant operations. These are historical order and service details, not evidence of current purchasing availability. Gulf Days’ article, dated September 24, 2026, reports that ACWA Power announced the start of initial commercial operations. It says ACWA received a notice on September 22 from Qudra One for Electricity Co., identified as the project company, stating that an Initial Commercial Operation Certificate had been awarded for initial units. The article gives those units’ generation capacity as 1,283 MW, against its stated total planned capacity of 1,896 MW. It does not state the certificate’s award date or establish full-plant operation. Gulf Days’ 1,896 MW figure differs from ACWA Power’s 1,800 MW project-page scope; the available reporting does not resolve the rating basis or reconcile the figures. Reading-scope note: The GE Vernova PDF capture covers page 1 of five; its unselected pages and graphical content were not reviewed. The Gulf Days capture includes the article’s main text and document titles, but the whole document was not reviewed and linked materials or images were not acquired. ## Evidence limits and unknowns - The supplied reports do not establish the status of the capacity beyond the initial units, a full-plant commercial operation date, or the certificate’s award date. The stated 1,800 MW and 1,896 MW totals have no reconciled rating basis in the reviewed material. - GE Vernova reports turbine quantities for Qassim 1 and Taiba 1 together, without a Qassim 1-specific allocation; the selected page does not establish Qassim 1’s equipment delivery or current status. - A current supplier tender, open package or buying window is not established by these historical order, service and initial-operation reports. Current purchasing availability: unknown. Source-dated plans do not establish current progress or available supplier packages. ## Project metadata Country: Not established Region: Not established Physical assets: Not classified Derived from the exact released evidence; unresolved fields remain unclassified. Project overview Oldest decisive evidence: 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 Newest evidence: 2026-11-04T12:27:40+01:00 Knowledge reviewed: 2026-11-05T00:21:53.468251+00:00 Publication reviewed: 2026-11-05T00:21:53.468251+00:00 ## Date Commercial operations date: Q2 2027 Status: planned Attribution: acwapower.com Source: acwapower.com — https://acwapower.com/en/what-we-do/projects/qassim-1/ | published unknown | observed 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 ## Name Qassim 1 (Qassim 1 Independent Power Project) Status: reported Attribution: acwapower.com Source: acwapower.com — https://acwapower.com/en/what-we-do/projects/qassim-1/ | published unknown | observed 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 ## Scope 1,800 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant Status: reported Attribution: acwapower.com Source: acwapower.com — https://acwapower.com/en/what-we-do/projects/qassim-1/ | published unknown | observed 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 ## Activity ACWA Power and Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) signed a 25-year power purchase agreement for development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of the plant; SPPC is the sole off-taker. Status: reported Attribution: acwapower.com Source: acwapower.com — https://acwapower.com/en/what-we-do/projects/qassim-1/ | published unknown | observed 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 ## Location Al-Qassim region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Status: reported Attribution: acwapower.com Source: acwapower.com — https://acwapower.com/en/what-we-do/projects/qassim-1/ | published unknown | observed 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 ## Developer ACWA Power Status: reported Attribution: acwapower.com Source: acwapower.com — https://acwapower.com/en/what-we-do/projects/qassim-1/ | published unknown | observed 2026-10-18T07:27:08.900604+00:00 ## Source qualifications and unresolved questions - Canonical facts retain their original source scope. Later source qualifications do not redefine the original asset or establish open supplier procurement. Qassim 1 is in Saudi Arabia’s central region, around 30 km southeast of Buraydah. (reported). GE Vernova (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://www.gevernova.com/news/print/pdf/node/143500 SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd. is identified as the EPC company from which GE Vernova secured the equipment order for the two plants. (reported). GE Vernova (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://www.gevernova.com/news/print/pdf/node/143500 GE Vernova announced an order for six 7HA.03 gas turbines and two 7E.03 gas turbines for Qassim 1 and Taiba 1 together. The supplied page does not give a Qassim 1-specific allocation. (reported). GE Vernova (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://www.gevernova.com/news/print/pdf/node/143500 The announcement is dated June 24, 2024; GE Vernova says the equipment order was booked in March 2024. (reported). GE Vernova (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://www.gevernova.com/news/print/pdf/node/143500 GE Vernova announced the signing of a 21-year service agreement with NOMAC, an ACWA Power subsidiary, to support plant operations. (reported). GE Vernova (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://www.gevernova.com/news/print/pdf/node/143500 Qassim; the article says Qudra One for Electricity Co., the project company, is located there. It gives no more specific site location. (reported). Gulf Days (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://gulfdays.net/acwa-starts-up-qassim-1-units/ Total planned generation capacity: 1,896 MW, as stated in the article. (planned). Gulf Days (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://gulfdays.net/acwa-starts-up-qassim-1-units/ Gulf Days reports that ACWA announced the start of initial commercial operations. ACWA said it received a notice from Qudra One for Electricity Co. stating that an Initial Commercial Operation Certificate had been awarded for Qassim 1’s initial units, totaling 1,283 MW out of the stated 1,896 MW total. This reports the initial units only; it does not establish full-plant operation. (reported). Gulf Days (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://gulfdays.net/acwa-starts-up-qassim-1-units/ The article is dated September 24, 2026. The notice described by ACWA was received September 22, 2026; the article does not give the certificate’s award date. (reported). Gulf Days (externally supplied capture), source observed 2026-11-04; https://gulfdays.net/acwa-starts-up-qassim-1-units/ ## Cite this dossier CapexCue — Qassim 1 (Qassim 1 Independent Power Project) — dossier released 2026-11-05T00:21:53.468251+00:00, release 2 (6dabc0a1-d7e9-41b6-a1e7-6549621e2121) — https://capexcue.com/projects/qassim-1-qassim-1-independent-power-project-e1c2c702-833/. 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