ACCIONA has started the operation and maintenance of SWPC Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant, one of the largest in Saudi Arabia serving two million people.
The O&M contract has been awarded for 25 years. The IWP uses SWRO technology, which is more energy efficient than conventional thermal desalination.
Shuqaiq 3 is a key project in the modernization of the water sector that is being carried out by the SWPC.
Together with its partner SEPCO III, ACCIONA has started the construction of the Jubail 3B IWP.
Its capacity of 570,000 cubic meter per day will supply 2 million people in the cities of Riyadh and Qassim once commercially operational in 2024.
ACCIONA and its partner are the main EPC contractors in the project, which will be developed and financed by a consortium consisting of ENGIE, NESMA and AJLAN for the publicly-owned SWPC.
The Saudi water sector is moving towards increasing its hydrogen production as companies try to find creative ways to tackle climate change.
“We are the main producers of water, which is the main source of hydrogen,” said Carlos Cosin.
Cosin made these remarks during an interview with Arab News at a conference for the desalination sector in Jeddah last month.
Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of 26 water, environmental and agricultural projects in the Tabuk region of the kingdom at a total cost of more than $667 million.
These projects, which include four desalination projects worth SR1 billion, and 5 projects for water transmission systems valued at SR1 billion.
In addition the governor also opened seven projects for developing water resources at a cost of SR100 million.
Construction work has commenced on the Jubail 3B IWP desalination plant that will be located 65km north of Dammam airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This followed a ground-breaking ceremony conducted by global energy company ENGIE.
Commissioned by SWPC, the Jubail 3B plant will produce 570,000 m3/day of potable water using RO technology.
Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide a one-billion-dollar investment guarantee to the federal government, which will be used to build a desalination plant in Karachi to address the city’s water supply problems.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made the announcement at CM House, where he was invited by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday to discuss “key issues of the economy” and “suggest measures to meet the current challenges,” which have crippled the country’s financial system and put the newly-formed coalition government at a crossroads.
During his speech, […]
