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
Marubeni and Taqa finalise contracts for Saudi Aramco power and water project – Saudi Arabia Japan’s Marubeni and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) have signed the final contracts and reached financial close for the project to develop a cogeneration power and water desalination project for Saudi Aramco The Tanajib cogeneration power and steam component will have a power capacity of 940MW and a steam capacity of 1,084 tonnes per hour of steam. The desalination plant will have a capacity of 5.25 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD). Marubeni and Taqa signed a water and energy conversion agreement for the greenfield industrial facility on 15 September, according […] Marubeni and Taqa finalise contracts for Saudi Aramco power and water project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-25T14:15:48+02:00
Financial close achieved on major Saudi desalination project – Saudi Arabia Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), in association with a private consortium, has achieved financial close on the Jubail 3B Independent Water Project (IWP). The project, which is a key part of the water schemes in Saudi Arabia developed under the public-private-partnership (PPP) structure, is expected to start commercial operation in 2024. The consortium, comprising France-headquartered ENGIE (40 percent), Saudi-based Nesma Company Limited (30 percent) and Abdulaziz Al Ajlan Sons for Commercial and Real Estate Investment Ajlan And Bros Company (30 percent), was picked as preferred bidder on the project […] Financial close achieved on major Saudi desalination project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-23T15:21:30+02:00
Taqa and Saudi Aramco to develop greenfield power and desalination project – Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, also known as Taqa, will develop a large greenfield power and desalination project with Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest exporter of crude. The 940-megawatt Tanajib cogeneration and desalination project will have a capacity of 1,084 tonnes per hour of steam and 5.25 million Imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of desalinated water. Taqa also signed a water and energy conversion agreement with Japan’s Marubeni Corporation to develop a greenfield industrial facility that includes provisions for supporting infrastructure such as pipelines to connect the desalination and cogeneration plants with end […] Taqa and Saudi Aramco to develop greenfield power and desalination project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-22T10:37:28+02:00
Toray Receives Reverse Osmosis Membrane Order for Rabigh 3 Desalination Plant – Saudi Arabia Toray Industries, Inc., announced that it has received RO membrane supply order for Rabigh 3 Desalination Plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Not only will the 600,000m3/day Desalination Plant be the largest SWRO plant in country, it will also be one of the largest SWRO plants in the world. Toray Membrane Middle East LLC (TMME), Toray’s local subsidiary located in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will supply the RO membranes and provide technical services. (LINK). Toray Receives Reverse Osmosis Membrane Order for Rabigh 3 Desalination Plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-07T14:03:04+02:00
SEWA completes dev. project of Al Falaj water pumping station – Saudi Arabia Sharjah24: The Department of Water and Desalination Plants at the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) revealed the completion of a project to replace and develop Al Falaj water pumping station with a pumping capacity of 73.9 million gallons per day. Contributing to saving 879 megawatts of electricity annually and reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 503 tons annually, at a total cost amounted to 10 million dirhams. Commenting on this, Eng. Faisal Al Serkal, Director of the Water and Desalination Plants Department, explained that the Authority is […] SEWA completes dev. project of Al Falaj water pumping station – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-06T15:19:46+02:00