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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
Toray to supply MBR membranes to Saudi Arabia project
Wetico (Water & Environment Technologies Company Ltd) has awarded Toray Membrane Europe a contract for a 60,000 m3/d (15.85 MGD) municipal MBR plant… Continue reading
Online nominations for fourth Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Internation Prize for Water
Nominations for the fourth Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water can be made online at www.psipw.org until 31 January 2010. An… Continue reading
Ras Azzour to be relaunched this week
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) Governor Feheid Al Shareef told attendees at last week’s Saudi Water &Power Forum in Jeddah that the Ras… Continue reading
Dow to form Middle East R&D Center in KAUST
Dow has announced that it will establish the Dow Middle East R&D Center at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's (KAUST) adjacent… Continue reading
Saudi government to finance Ras Azzour project
It now appears that the bidding process for Saudi Arabia's Ras Azzour project will be relaunched within the next six months. The $6 billion project… Continue reading
