Rabigh IWSPP is owned and operated by the Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company (RAWEC); a Joint Venture between ACWA Power, Marubeni Corp, JGC Corporation, and Petro Rabigh. The project was constructed under an EPC contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and consists of a conventional thermal power with five 118MW steam turbines, nine 470 t/hr steam generators, three wet limestone Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) units and sixteen 504 m3/hr Reverse Osmosis (RO) trains.
KEY FACTS
LOCATION
Rabigh, Western Saudi Arabia
OFFTAKER
Petro-Rabigh Petrochemical complex
FUEL
Heavy Fuel
POWER
360MW
CONFIGURATION
Steam Turbines
DESALINATED WATER (000' m3/day)
133.9 m3/day, SWRO
STEAM
29,520 ton/day
PROJECT COST
USD 1,191 Mn
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONAL DATE
Q2 2008
ACWA POWER SHARE
99%
OFFTAKE CONTRACT
WECA-BOO 25 years
OTHER INVESTORS
Marubeni, JGC Corporation, ITOCHU Corp, Petro Rabigh
O&M
Rabigh Project Co (NOMAC)
EPC
MHI
PROJECT COMPANY
Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company ("RAWEC")