ENGIE-led consortium breaks ground for Jubail 3B plant in Saudi Arabia

ENGIE-led consortium breaks ground for Jubail 3B plant in Saudi Arabia

French multinational utility company ENGIE, Nesma Company Limited, and Ajlan & Bros holding group have started the construction works of the Jubail 3B Independent Water Project (IWP) plant located 65km north of Dammam airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Commissioned by the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the Jubail 3B plant will produce 570,000 m3/day of potable water using reverse osmosis technology.

The plant will supply water to Riyadh and Qassim regions once commercially operational in 2024, under the terms of a 25-year Water Purchase Agreement. The consortium, led by ENGIE, was awarded the Jubail 3B project in June 2021 after submitting a bid with a tariff of $0.42 (SAR 1.591) per cubic meter of potable water to SWPC.

Developed under a public-private partnership structure (PPP), the plant will be financed by the consortium and operated and maintained by ENGIE.

Mr. Khaled Z AlQureshi, CEO of SWPC said that, “The Jubail 3B IWP plant will not only use reverse osmosis, a more energy-efficient process than traditional thermal desalination technologies but will also use renewable solar energy in place of traditional fossil fuels, helping to reduce its carbon footprint. Moreover, the plant will critically support the creation of local job opportunities.”

Turki Alshehri

CEO – ENGIE

Saudi