SWCC teams up with Carbonco for Saudi CCUS projects

SWCC teams up with Carbonco for Saudi CCUS projects

Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has signed a co-operation agreement with Carbonco, a unit of Korean engineering and construction company DL E&C, for joint research in various Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects across the kingdom.

The world's largest seawater desalination institution, SWCC is an affiliated organization under the Saudi government. It is also the second largest electricity producer in the kingdom.

Through its research center, SWCC is leading carbon reduction projects in the field of seawater desalination and power generation using renewable energy in Saudi Arabia.

A specialist in decarbonisation solutions, Carbonco said it is committed to advancing CCUS technology to apply it to diverse fields, while striving to provide total solutions for it.

As per the deal, Carbonco and SWCC will cooperate on the adoption of CCUS technology, which captures carbon from power plants operated by SWCC and utilizes it in the seawater desalination post-treatment process.

"SWCC is working on the seawater desalination project using renewable energy to take the initiative in realizing Saudi Arabia's VISION 2030," noted Tariq Al Ghaffari, the General Manager of SWCC Local Competence Projects Department.

Both parties plan to collaborate across the CCUS business development, including commercial CCUS plant construction, based on business feasibility analysis and