The forecasted electricity demand in Saudi Arabia may be around 120 GW/year by 2032. As per the latest government announcement, Saudi Arabia is aiming to install 57.5 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. In this study, firstly, a wind map is developed based on the historical wind data, recorded over a 39-year period, followed by the development of the geographic information system (GIS)-based multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) model for suitable wind farm site selection for Hijaz, the western region of Saudi Arabia. This region is selected as it has a population density of around 25 per sq. km, the highest in Saudi Arabia. For the model, data from various ecological, environmental, and socioeconomic criteria are considered. Finally, the optimization of the wind farm layout on the identified suitable region of 5.5 km × 4 km is performed using the deep-array wake model, DAWM. The optimized layout has locations for 30 wind turbines of 3 MW rated capacity. This optimization process minimizes energy losses and costs and maximizes power production. The net and gross energy production from the wind farm are expected to be 143 GWh and 156 GWh, respectively, with an array loss of 8.25% at a cost of energy of USD 65.66 per MWh, and a capacity factor of 17.7%. The cost calculations include the capital cost of constructing the access roads and a complete collector system with two substations. The optimized turbine positions in the layout have a major and minor axis separation of 1680 m and 448 m, respectively.

Abstract-As the wheel of modernization moves, it is usually accompanied by fuel demand, mainly powering our industry. In Jubail industrial city this is true as well as the petrochemical industry is seen as an opportunity and challenge. In Jubail Industrial College (JIC), as an educational organization, we decided to be part of the sustainable solution as we are located in Jubail Industrial City and we believe that it's our moral responsibility to participate in the change and teach it to the future generation. JIC Green Initiative is our model which integrates solar energy, solid waste recycle, food waste recycle, wind energy, bio-gas and electric vehicles to come up with an example which could be measured and achieved, including all economic benefits, payback period and reduction in carbon foot print in JIC.

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