Spanish firm Abengoa stated that, it has inaugurated together with its partner Fisia Italiampianti a reverse osmosis desalination plant in the Shuaibah complex, in Saudi Arabia.
The Project is the largest desalination plant built by Abengoa to date, with a capacity of 250,000 m3/day.
In addition, the Project has already produced 20 million cubic meters of desalinated water since the successful completion of the tests required for the Project.
Abengoa and Fisia Italiampianti were responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Project.
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) is acting as the offtaker for the project. ACWA Power is the owner and operator of the Project.
In the presence of the Governor of Makkah Province, HRH Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud and of His Excellency Abdurrahman Al–Fadli, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture and Chairman of SWPC, the inauguration ceremony was attended on behalf of Abengoa by the CEO of the company, Joaquín Fernández de Piérola, and the head of Middle East, Antonio Moreno.
As commented by the CEO of Abengoa, “The desalination plant of Shuaibah has entered into commercial operation 21 months after the start of the construction works, meeting the deadline committed by the construction consortium which, given the characteristics and size of this plant”
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