ACWA Power begins water desalination operations at Rabigh Three IWP – Saudi Arabia International Company for Water and Power Projects (ACWA Power) commenced operations of water desalination at Rabigh Three Company IWP, located in Rabigh with a capacity of 600.000 cubic meter/day, the company said in a statement to Tadawul. The relevant financial impact is expected to show in the first quarter of 2021, the statement added. Rabigh 3 IWP is one of the world’s largest water desalination plants utilizing reverse osmosis. The project’s investment cost stood at SAR 2.6 billion. (LINK). ACWA Power begins water desalination operations at Rabigh Three IWP – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2022-01-13T12:55:36+01:00
SWPC and partners breaks ground on $826m desalination plant in Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia The Saudi Water Partnerships Company (SWPC) has announced the ground-breaking of the $826m Al Rayyis Independent Water Project, which is being developed in collaboration with Engie and Saudi groups Nesma and Mowah. The 450,000cu/m capacity desalination plant is expected to begin commercial operations in Q4 2023. According to SWPC, the project is the first water pipeline in Saudi Arabia developed under the public-private-partnership (PPP) structure and will achieve one of the most competitive specific power consumption levels in the kingdom. (LINK). SWPC and partners breaks ground on $826m desalination plant in Saudi Arabia – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2022-01-07T10:35:51+01:00
Nesma, Engie break ground on 450,000-cu-m Saudi desal plant – Saudi Arabia Saudi Water Partnerships Company has announced the ground-breaking of Al Rayyis Independent Water Project in co-ordination with energy major Engie and Saudi groups Nesma and Mowah. The 450,000-cu-m capacity desalination plant will be ready for commercial operations in Q4 2023. Saudi Water Partnerships Company has announced the ground-breaking of Al Rayyis Independent Water Project on the Red Sea coast of the kingdom, in co-ordination with French energy major Engie and Saudi groups Nesma and Mowah. (LINK). Nesma, Engie break ground on 450,000-cu-m Saudi desal plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2022-01-06T15:15:37+01:00
Saudi Arabia issues RFQ for key water pipeline project – Saudi Arabia SWPC has issued request for qualifications (RFQs) for the development of the 603-km-long Jubail-Buraidah Independent Water Transmission Pipelines Project with a transmission capacity of 650,000 cu m per day. The Jubail-Buraidah Independent Water Transmission Pipelines Project will be implemented on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) model, said a statement from SWPC. A total of 32 companies have expressed their interests in the project including 14 Saudi firms, said a statement from SWPC. (LINK). Saudi Arabia issues RFQ for key water pipeline project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-12-25T14:46:34+01:00
Acwa announces financial close of $1.3bn Red Sea debt facilities – Saudi Arabia Saudi-based International Company for Water and Power Projects (Acwa Power) has announced the dry financial close for the $1.33 billion senior debt facilities for the Red Sea Multi-Utilities Project. The project is a joint venture between Acwa Power, Spic Huanghe Hydropower Development Company and Saudi Tabreed District Cooling Company, with Acwa Power holding a 50% equity stake. The scope of work includes the construction, management and operations of power, desalination, waste-water treatment, solid waste processing, district cooling plants and communication infrastructure for the Red Sea Project. Acwa announces financial close of $1.3bn Red Sea debt facilities – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-12-22T15:31:19+01:00
Saudi’s SWCC outlines its environmental sustainability plan – Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversation Corporation (SWCC) has revealed its Saudi Green Inititive action plans aimed at improving the environment, combating climate change, and reaching carbon neutrality. Senior SWCC executives made a presentation revealing the road map to achieving environmental sustainability at a recent forum in London attended by more than 90 global leaders and investors. SWCC is Saudi Arabia’s institution responsible for the desalination of seawater. (LINK). Saudi’s SWCC outlines its environmental sustainability plan – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-12-08T14:38:29+01:00
Acwa signs deal with Natixis to finance new projects – Saudi Arabia Acwa Power, a leader in power generation and desalination, and Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB), a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the advancement of Acwa Power’s projects in the region. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by Clive Turton, Chief Investment Officer of Acwa Power, and Anne-Christine Champion, Co-Head of Natixis CIB. It paves the way for the two parties to explore opportunities to develop new projects in the region, including in renewable and […] Acwa signs deal with Natixis to finance new projects – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-12-06T15:18:12+01:00
Jubail 3A desal plant set for commercial operations in Q4 2022 – Saudi Arabia Saudi Water Partnerships Company has announced that the construction work is going at a steady pace on the Jubail 3A RO desalination plant coming up in the Eastern Province of the kingdom. A key independent water project (IWP), the 600,000-cu-m-per-day plant is located 18 km south of Jubail Industrial City along the Arabian Gulf coast, adjacent to the existing plant units (Jubail Phase 1, Jubail Phase 2 and Jubail RO plants). A consortium led by Acwa Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation […] Jubail 3A desal plant set for commercial operations in Q4 2022 – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-12-02T11:38:53+01:00
ACCIONA and SEPCOII to construct $692mn Jubail 3B desalination plant – Saudi Arabia ACCIONA, together with its partner SEPCOIII, has announced that it will undertake the construction of the Jubail 3B desalination plant, which has a capacity of 570,000m3/day and will supply two million people in the cities of Riyadh and Qassim. In a statement, ACCIONA said that SEPCOII and itself are the main EPC contractors for the project, which is being developed and financed by a consortium consisting of ENGIE, NESMA and AJLAN, for the publicly owned Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC). It added that SWPC had announced the […] ACCIONA and SEPCOII to construct $692mn Jubail 3B desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-11-25T13:47:19+01:00
2021Acciona ramps up Saudi Arabia’s Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant to full production – Saudi Arabia ACCIONA has achieved a key milestone in the construction of the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant, ramping up production during final testing to full capacity of 450m liters of potable water per day, enough to meet the needs of two million people. The new desalination plant, by the Red Sea, is one of the largest to be built in Saudi Arabia and is already supplying the water network of Abha and Jizan in the southwest of the country, an extremely dry region. The plant is equipped with energy-efficient Sea Water […] 2021Acciona ramps up Saudi Arabia’s Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant to full production – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-31T14:20:39+01:00