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The first such project in Saudi Arabia was the Shoaiba III Independent Water and Power Producer (IWPP) signed in 2007 and completed in 2010. [38] It is located on the Red Sea and provides water to Jiddah, Mecca and Taif. The second IWPP was the Jubail II project, located next to the Jubail industrial complex on the Persian Gulf coast.
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 Jizan, on the south-western coast of Saudi Arabia. The electricity and water produced at the plant is supplying power to southern grid and water to Abha, Jizan and other southern ...
The Saudi Water Authority (SWA) was formerly the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) until March 2024, when a session of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, headed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, agreed to change the name to the Saudi Water Authority (SWA), officially ...
It is operated by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia. The plant began operating in April 2014 and, as of January 2017, is the world's largest hybrid water desalination plant. [1] [2] The project includes a power plant capable of producing 2400 MW of electricity. [1] In 2015, it won the Global Water Awards "Desalination ...
ACWA Power developed Saudi Arabia’s first major solar project, located in the north of the Kingdom. [24] The contract for the 300MW Sakaka IPP was awarded in February 2018 with a 25-year power purchase agreement at a then world record low tariff of $0.0234 per kilowatt hour. [24] [25]
Saudi Vision 2030 is a Saudi Arabian government program launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in January 2016. The program aims to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil, in addition to transforming the country both socially and culturally. [1] This following is a list of all projects that were announced as part of Vision 2030: [2]
The projects, therefore, will have limited production as the reservoirs are drained. Saudi Arabia is the third most water stressed country in the world. [1] A network of dams has been built to trap and use precious seasonal floods. Vast underground water reservoirs have been tapped through deep wells.
WTTCO operates as a commercially independent entity and will grow with the launch of new water projects in Saudi Arabia. The company is responsible for managing and maintaining water transmission, storage, and distribution operations across the country, while also driving innovation in water technologies and research. [ 2 ]