EWEC and ACWA Power secure $869 million for Abu Dhabi plant
Abu Dhabi Power Corporation and Mubadala Investment Company hold a 60% equity interest in the Taweelah project while ACWA Power holds the remaining 40%
ABU DHABI : Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power said they had secured financing of 3.19 billion dirhams ($869 million) for Abu Dhabi’s Taweelah water desalination plant.
The project would be the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plant, the two companies said in a statement.
Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, is building the Taweelah water desalination plant independent of a power generation plant for the first time. It has traditionally built water and power plants side by side.
The plant will supply 909,200 cubic meters per day (m3/day) of water, 44% more than the world’s current largest reverse osmosis plant of 624,000 (m3/day), meeting the water demand of 350,000 households, the statement said.
The financing was a combination of 2.71 billion dirhams in loans, with the remainder from shareholders and operating cash flow from pre-operations, it added.
Local and international banks including Emirates NBD , Natixis Mizuho Bank Siemens Bank, Bank Boubyan and the Norinchukin Bank have provided the loans.
Abu Dhabi Power Corporation and Mubadala Investment Company hold a 60% equity interest in the Taweelah project while ACWA Power holds the remaining 40%. EWEC is a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation.
The plant is due to start full commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Source : economictimes
