Gulf Construction Online - Acciona breaks ground on desalination plant

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Acciona breaks ground on desalination plant

01 November 2019

Acciona, a leading company in the development of water infrastructure, has laid the foundation stone for the Shuqaiq-3 IWP (independent water project), being developed in co-ordination with Marubeni Corporation and Almar Water Solutions through Abdul Latif Jameel CDC and Rawafid Alhadarah Holding Company.

Located on the Red Sea coast, Shuqaiq-3 IWP is one of the largest desalination plants in Saudi Arabia. The project’s EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) stage is scheduled for completion in 2021, said the Spanish group.

Once operational, the reverse osmosis (RO) plant will boast a capacity of 450,000 cu m of drinking water per day, said senior company officials at the foundation stone-laying ceremony, which was attended by several top representatives and officials from Spain including José Ramón Ferrandis Muñoz, the councillor for economic and financial affairs of the Spanish Embassy in Riyadh, besides José Díaz Caneja, CEO of Acciona Agua business line; Jesús Sancho, Acciona ME managing director and Manuel Manjón, Acciona business development director.

A leading supplier of sustainable infrastructure solutions and renewable energy projects worldwide, Acciona said its offer covers the entire value chain, from design through construction to operation and maintenance. Shuqaiq-3 will guarantee the supply of drinking water to more than 1.8 million citizens, and thus contribute to the economic and industrial development of the kingdom, it stated.

Additionally, Shuqaiq-3 represents an important milestone both at the economic and at the social responsibility level, as it is one of the largest desalination plants in the world and it will create several thousand jobs from the start of construction until the end of the 25-year concession, said Acciona.