Saudi Arabia
MED tube thickness, materials at issue
When the ACWA Power-Sasakura (APS) consortium submitted its $1.89 billion EPC bid for the 1,025,000 m3/d (264 MGD) Ras Azzour seawater desal project… Continue reading
Siemens to supply system to Yanbu power plant
Korea’s Hanwha Engineering & Construction has awarded Siemens a contract to supply three mixed bed ion exchange demineralizer systems and four… Continue reading
SWCC issues RFQ for Yanbu 3
A request for qualifications (RFQ) for phase 3 of Saudi Arabia's Yanbu Power and Desal Project has been issued by the Saline Water Conversion… Continue reading
Ras Azzour bid evaluation continues
One week after the EPC bids for the 1.025 million m3/d (264 MGD) Ras Azzour project have been opened, the dust is beginning to settle and the results… Continue reading
Ras azzour EPC bids opened
Yesterday, the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) opened four proposals for its 1.025 million m3 /d (264 MGD) Ras Azzour seawater… Continue reading
A joint venture company from Saudi and Japan
Saudi-based ACWA Holding, whose subsidiaries include IWPP developer ACWA Power, announced last week that it had established a new company, Arabian… Continue reading
Prequals continue for Largest plant
Five EPC contractors have been prequalified for the Saline Water Conversion Corporation's (SWCC) 1 million m3/d (264 MGD) Ras Azzour seawater… Continue reading
IWPP begins water production
Situated on the Red Sea Coast, 700 km (944 mi) south of Jeddah, the Shuqaiq IWPP began producing 52,800 m3/d (14 MGD) of potable quality water on 23… Continue reading
SWCC issues new RFP for Ras Azzour IWPP
A failure to secure IWPP funding for Saudi Arabia's 1 million m3/d (270 MGD) and 2,400 MW Ras Azzour power and desalination plant earlier this year… Continue reading
Shuqaiq RO plant achieves first water production
The 212,000m3/d Shuqaiq reverse osmosis plant on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Coast achieved first water production on 7th November. The plant was supplied… Continue reading
