{"id":6476,"date":"2022-06-21T00:36:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/?p=6476"},"modified":"2022-06-21T00:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:37:21","slug":"6476-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/?p=6476","title":{"rendered":"ACWA Power and Saudi Water Partnership Company to reconfigure Shuaibah 3 from an energy-intensive water and power facility to a greenfield reverse osmosis plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2022 <\/span>R<\/span><\/span>estructuring of Shuaibah<\/span><\/span> 3<\/span><\/span> IWPP<\/span><\/span> will <\/span><\/span>mitigate <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>impact of <\/span><\/span>45 million<\/span><\/span> ton<\/span><\/span>s <\/span><\/span>of carbon dioxide emissions <\/span><\/span>a <\/span><\/span>year<\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span>line <\/span><\/span>with Saudi Vision 2030 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 <\/span>New <\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>eawater <\/span><\/span>r<\/span><\/span>everse <\/span><\/span>o<\/span><\/span>smosis <\/span><\/span>plant<\/span><\/span> will<\/span><\/span> replace Shuaibah 3 IWPP and<\/span><\/span> produce <\/span><\/span>600,000 m3\/day<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span>partially <\/span><\/span>powered by solar energy<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 <\/span>Water purchase agreement for the new Shuaibah 3 IWP is valued at SAR 3 billion <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Riyadh – Sameera Alqattan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ACWA Power<\/span>,<\/span> a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation<\/span>, <\/span>desalinated water<\/span> and green hydrogen<\/span> plants <\/span>worldwide,<\/span> Shuaibah Water Electricity Company (SWEC), and <\/span>Saudi Water Partnership Company<\/span> (SWPC)<\/span>, the <\/span>off-taker<\/span>of Shuaibah 3 IWP<\/span>P<\/span>,<\/span> signed<\/span> a<\/span>n<\/span> agreement<\/span> to restructure the Shuaibah 3 I<\/span>ndependent <\/span>W<\/span>ater and <\/span>P<\/span>ower <\/span>P<\/span>roject (<\/span>I<\/span>WPP). The agreement <\/span>entails<\/span> the conversion <\/span>and replacement <\/span>of the <\/span>IWPP<\/span> from a<\/span>n energy-intensive<\/span> power generation and <\/span>thermal desalination facility to <\/span>a <\/span>greenfield<\/span> seawater reverse osmosis<\/span>(SWRO)<\/span> desalination plant<\/span> under the name <\/span>\u201cShuaibah 3 Independent <\/span>W<\/span>ater Project<\/span> (IWP)<\/span>\u201d<\/span>. <\/span>As such, o<\/span>perations of Shuaibah 3 I<\/span>ndependent Water and Power Project (<\/span>IWPP) will<\/span>cease in <\/span>2025<\/span>, saving nearly 45 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions <\/span>and<\/span> 22 million barrels of light crude oil annually<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

HE Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadli, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture in Saudi Arabia<\/span> and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SWPC<\/span>,<\/span>signed a <\/span>25-year <\/span>water purchase agreement for<\/span> the new<\/span>Shuaibah 3 IWP <\/span>today <\/span>with<\/span> a <\/span>consortium led by <\/span>ACWA Power and <\/span>Public Investment Fund (PIF)<\/span>-owned Badeel<\/span>,<\/span> at a value of approximately<\/span> SAR 3 billion.<\/span> The ACWA Power \u2013 <\/span>Badel<\/span> consortium will lead the implementation of the project while SWPC will serve as the <\/span>offtaker<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The agreement was signed in the presence of <\/span><\/a>Mr<\/span>. <\/span>Mohannad Ahmed Basudan<\/span>, CEO<\/span> of the National Center for Privatization<\/span> and <\/span>Member of the Board of Directors of <\/span>SWPC; <\/span>Eng. <\/span>Khaled Al Qureshi, CEO <\/span>of SWPC;<\/span> and <\/span>Mohamad Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Power<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Upon completion of the project, Shuaibah 3 IWP will produce <\/span>600,000 <\/span>cubic metres of water a <\/span>d<\/span>ay<\/span>, catering to t<\/span>he water demand of Jeddah<\/span> and <\/span>Makkah al-Mukarramah<\/span>,<\/span> especially during <\/span>peak <\/span>demand periods such as the Holy Month of Ramadan and<\/span> the<\/span> Hajj seasons<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Commenting on the occasion,<\/span> Mohammad Abunayyan, <\/span>Chairman <\/span>of<\/span> ACWA Power<\/span>, said: <\/span>\u201cThe energy sector is witnessing strategic shifts towards reducing the <\/span>dependence on l<\/span>iquid fuels <\/span>as a vital energy source for<\/span> water desalination and <\/span>power<\/span> production. This is the first project in which a thermal water desalination <\/span>plant<\/span> is converted <\/span>into a greenfield reverse osmosis facility that utilises r<\/span>enewable <\/span>energy to save up to <\/span>70<\/span>% <\/span>of energy consumption.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Shuaibah 3 IWP is<\/span> proof of the strength of our partnership <\/span>with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture to raise the efficien<\/span>cy <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>water desalination sector in Saudi Arabia. The project is one of the first of its kind in the region <\/span>and <\/span>falls within the framework of the program led by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Minister of Energy, and unparalleled contribution of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen<\/span>, to deploy <\/span>renewable<\/span> energy<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> primary source of <\/span>power<\/span> for water desalination<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Deemed as one of the largest desalination projects in the Kingdom, <\/span>Shuaibah 3 IWP will utilise state-of-the-art <\/span>reverse osmosis <\/span>technologies to ensure the highest <\/span>level of production <\/span>efficiency<\/span> and<\/span> reliability<\/span> that can be<\/span> benchmarked against any comparable plant in the world. <\/span>The project will produce potable water at record-low power consumption and be partially energized by photovoltaic solar energy<\/span>,<\/span> which will reduce electricity consumption from the <\/span>grid by 45% and <\/span>minimise the carbon footprint, advocating the best environmental and sustainability practices during operation. <\/span>The switch from thermal to RO will reduce the power needed to desalinate seawater by 70%.<\/span><\/p>\n

L<\/span>ocal content of the project <\/span>will amount<\/span> to 40% in the construction phase<\/span>; <\/span>50% in the operation and maintenance phase for the first five years<\/span>; <\/span>and will<\/span> eventually<\/span> increase to 70%<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Shuaibah 3 IWP <\/span>is<\/span> expected to be commercially operational by <\/span>Q2<\/span> 2025<\/span>, with t<\/span>he <\/span>financial <\/span>returns<\/span> of the contracted revenues<\/span> reflected during the same period. <\/span><\/p>\n

ACWA Power is the largest <\/span>private<\/span> operator of water desalination plants<\/span> in the world, with a production capacity of 6<\/span>.4 million <\/span>cubic meters<\/span> of desalinated water <\/span>a<\/span> day<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The company<\/span> has a robust portfolio of <\/span>10 <\/span>SWRO projects in the Kingdom<\/span> and GCC<\/span>, <\/span>in which some projects are partially powered by renewable energy. <\/span>The<\/span> pioneering integration of clean energy to fuel water desalination has been installed in several regional mega projects such as the Rabigh 3, Red Sea development project, Jubail 3A, Umm Al Quwain IWP, and Taweelah IWP. <\/span>ACWA Power currently produces enough water to meet the needs of 24 million people daily.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About ACWA Power<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ACWA Power (TADAWUL:<\/span><\/span>2082<\/span><\/span>) is a developer, investor and operator of power generation, desalinated water and green hydrogen production plants. Registered and established in <\/span><\/span>2004 <\/span><\/span>in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ACWA Power employs about <\/span><\/span>3,500<\/span><\/span> people and is currently present in <\/span><\/span>13<\/span><\/span> countries in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and <\/span><\/span>Southeast Asia. ACWA Power\u2019s portfolio comprises <\/span><\/span>67<\/span><\/span>projects in operation, advanced development, or construction with an investment value of <\/span><\/span>SAR 253.8 billion (USD 67.7)<\/span><\/span>, with capacity to generate <\/span><\/span>43.5<\/span><\/span> GW<\/span><\/span> of power and produce <\/span><\/span>6.4<\/span><\/span> million m3\/day of desalinated water per day, delivered on a bulk basis to address the needs of state utilities and industries on long term, off-taker contracts under utility services outsourcing and Public-Private-Partnership models.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ACWA Power\u2019s mission is to deliver electricity and desalinated water reliably and responsibly at a low cost, thereby contributing effectively to the sustainable, social and economic development of communities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 Restructuring of Shuaibah 3 IWPP will mitigate the impact of 45 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year in line with Saudi Vision 2030 \u2022 New seawater reverse osmosis plant will replace Shuaibah 3 IWPP and produce 600,000 m3\/day,partially powered by solar energy \u2022 Water purchase agreement for the new Shuaibah 3 IWP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6479,"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions\/6479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}