Shuaibah 2 IWP (Shuaibah Expansion II)
Seawater RO, 250,000 m3/day in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Shuaiba (Al-Lith, Makkah region)
- Coordinates
- 20.690, 39.520
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 250,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$312 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saudi Water Partnership Company, 25-year build-own-operate water purchase agreement
- Developer
- ACWA Power
- Contractor
- Abengoa and Fisia Italimpianti (joint venture)
- Operator
- NOMAC (Water Desalination Expansion Company)
- Finance
- Project finance; 100 per cent owned by ACWA Power
- Award or start year
- 2019
- Commissioned
- 2019-05
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2017
Agreements signed with the Saudi Water Partnership Company
- 2019-05
Commercial operation reached ahead of schedule, 21 months after signing
- 2020
Named Desalination Plant of the Year at the Global Water Awards
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- ACWA Power project page, Shuaibah 2 IWP (STPC).
- 250,000 m3/day SWRO at the Shuaibah complex 120 km south of Jeddah, offtaker SWPC on a 25-year build-own-operate water purchase agreement, project cost US$312 million, 100 per cent ACWA Power, EPC by Abengoa and Fisia Italimpianti, operator NOMAC through Water Desalination Expansion Company, commercial operations Q2 2019, completed 21 months after signing and winner of Desalination Plant of the Year at the 2020 Global Water Awards.
- Middle East Construction News, 25 July 2019. meconstructionnews.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
commercial operations began in May 2019 ahead of schedule, 21 months of construction, a record for large-scale reverse osmosis plants, inaugurated by the Governor of Makkah region.