Engie consortium preferred bidder for Saudi Yanbu project

Engie consortium preferred bidder for Saudi Yanbu project

Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has announced that a consortium comprising French multinational utility group Engie and local water desalination company Mowah has emerged the preferred bidder to build a major desalination plant in the Yanbu region of Saudi Arabia.. According to SWPC, Engie-Mowah consortium had emerged the preferred bidder after submitting the lowest levelised water costs of SR1.7446 per cu m compared to FCC Aqualia-HAACO-Alfanar consortium's cost of SR1.7775 per cu m, Acwa Power-Albabtain-GIC consortium's SR1.8435 and Marubeni Corporation-Marafiq consortium's SR1.9168.. The highest water costs of 2.0242 were quoted by the consortium comprising Veolia-Alkhorayef-Al Bawani, it stated..