Foulath Holding, the parent company of Bahrain Steel and Sulb, has partnered with Yellow Door Energy to develop a 123-megawatt-peak (MWp) solar power project in Bahrain, among the world’s largest industrial-scale on-site solar initiatives.
Developed under a power purchase agreement, the project includes a 50 MWp rooftop solar plant, the world’s largest single-site installation, featuring 77,000 panels across a 262,000-square-meter stockyard shed for Bahrain Steel. In total, the initiative will comprise ten rooftop and four ground-mounted systems with over 189,900 panels covering 707,000 square meters.
Once operational, the facility is expected to generate 200 mln kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually and cut carbon emissions by about 90,000 tons, supporting Foulath’s decarbonization strategy and Bahrain’s Net Zero 2060 target. Yellow Door Energy will finance, design, build, and operate the project under the PPA.
Foulath Chairman Meshary Al-Judaimi said the company has invested about USD 250 mln in sustainability projects over recent years. Yellow Door Energy CEO Jeremy Crane noted that the partnership underscores the role of large industrial producers like Bahrain Steel and Sulb in advancing decarbonization efforts across the manufacturing sector.
Established in 2008 in Bahrain, Foulath Holding is an investment company focused on the sustainable development and growth of the steel industry in the MENA region. Operating one of the world’s largest fully integrated single-site steel complexes, covering 1.7 mln square meters, Foulath oversees more than USD 2.4 bln of assets through its subsidiaries, Bahrain Steel and Sulb.
