Shuqaiq 2 IWPP (Independent Water and Power Project) is an integrated water and power plant project in Shuqaiq,

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. Construction of Shuqaiq 2 IWPP began in 2007 and achieved commercial operation in 2010. The project's power and desalination units are located adjacent to the existing Shuqaiq 1 power and desalination complex, 105 km south of Abha and 140 km north of

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, on the south-western (

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) coast of Saudi Arabia. The electricity and water produced at the plant is supplying power to southern grid and water to

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and other southern cities. The plant is currently on full production. The Project is based on BOO (

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) basis, under a 20-year PWPA (Power and Water Purchase Agreement) for the design, construction, commissioning, testing, ownership, operation and maintenance of a new 850 MW Arabian Heavy Crude Oil fired power and 216,000 m³/day (48 MIGD) desalination plant and associated facilities.

Shareholders

The plant is owned by SqWEC (Shuqaiq Water & Electricity Company) and shareholders are: *

ACWA Power ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants currently with presence in 10 countries including in the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa and Sout ...

: 40% * Public Investment Fund: 32% * Gulf Investment Council: 20% *

Saudi Electricity Company Saudi Electricity Company ( ar, الشركة السعودية للكهرباء; SEC) is the Saudi electric energy company. It enjoys a monopoly on the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power in Saudi Arabia through 45 power g ...

: 8%

Project schedule

- LLA: Land Lease Agreement
- PWPA: Power and Water Purchase Agreement
- EPC: Engineering, Procurement, Construction
- O&M: Operations and Maintenance
- ICOD: Initial Commercial Operation Date
- PCOD: Project Commercial Operation Date

Plant configuration

The Shuqaiq 2 IWPP comprises three (3) units of Arabian heavy crude oil fired

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, (3) condensing steam turbines and one

reverse osmosis Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a partially permeable membrane to separate ions, unwanted molecules and larger particles from drinking water. In reverse osmosis, an applied pressure is used to overcome osmotic ...

water unit comprising 16 trains. The construction of power and desalination plant was carried out by MHI (

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). Electricity is fed to the National Grid, SA via a 380kV GIS Substation, which was constructed by

Areva Areva S.A. is a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power headquartered in Courbevoie, France. Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority-owned by the French state through the French Alternative Energies and Ato ...

, now

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References

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Shareholders

Project schedule

Plant configuration

See also

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