Upon production, the facility is expected to achieve an annual production capacity of 10 GW for each of the TOPCon solar cells with planned efficiency of up to 27% and solar modules. With its state-of-the-art facility, the company aims to set new standards in digitalisation, efficiency, and sustainability.
The factory aims to be designed and constructed in alignment with JinkoSolar’s domestic Smart Factories, including robots, automated guided vehicle AVG, an automated high-bay warehouse, and camera-based monitoring systems. Personnel will move into the new facility in 2026 when production steps will be tested in detail and prepared for series production.
By H1 of 2026, series production of the world’s first 27% efficiency solar cell in the desert Middle East is scheduled to commence, with the market launch of the first TOPCon module built at the new production site planned for the H2 of 2026.
Dany Qian, Vice President of JinkoSolar says that in collaboration with PIF and VI, the site will attract and foster local and international talent. When production commences, around 3,000 employees will work at the new plant.
Dany says the Company will design and plan the production facilities using digital methods and tools. This way, the detailed situation in workshops, production lines, and other infrastructure could be seen and viewed remotely, and discuss the current state of production in real-time with their colleagues in China. In addition, the maintenance, logistics, and manufacturing processes at one site will be interconnected via a single IT architecture.
With its RE100 commitment and SBTi climate goals, JinkoSolar is committed to decarbonisation, responsible water use, and resource efficiency, – also at the new plant in Saudi Arabia. Located in Oxagon, NEON city, this factory aims to use 100 percent green energy from local supplied as well as generated by rooftop solar panels on the production buildings.
