Kuwait Re-issued RFQ for 4.5GW Az-Zour North and Al-Khairan IWPP Projects

Kuwait Re-issued RFQ for 4.5GW Az-Zour North and Al-Khairan IWPP Projects

The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Electricity & Water & Renewable Energy of the State of Kuwait (MEWRE), announced the cancellation of the earlier issued request for qualification for Az-Zour North Phase 2 & 3 IWPP, Al-Khairan Phase 1 IWPP and the re-issuance of the qualifying companies/consortia to participate in a tender for the development, financing, design, procurement, engineering, construction, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance and transfer of the two following projects:

Az-Zour North Phase 2 & 3 IWPP:

The Az-Zour North Phase 2 & 3 IWPP project, a power and water desalination plant with a net capacity of at least 2,700 MW of power and 120 MIGD of desalinated water.

The Project is expected to be run on a mixture of liquified natural gas and high-pressure natural gas with gas oil as back up fuel.

The Project will be located at the Az-Zour North site adjacent to the west boundary of the Az-Zour North 1 IWPP facility currently under operation and to the north boundary of the existing Az-Zour South power complex, approximately 100 kilometers south of Kuwait City on the Arabian Gulf coast.

Al-Khairan Phase 1 IWPP:

Al-Khairan Phase 1 IWPP project, a power and water desalination plant