Abengoa consortium achieves taking over certificate of Rabigh 3 – Construction Week Online

Abengoa consortium achieves taking over certificate of Rabigh 3 – Construction Week Online

Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the infrastructure, energy and water sectors has – together with its consortium partners, SepcoIII (Power China) and Sidem (Veolia) – achieved the project taking over certificate of the 600,000 m3/day desalination plant it has built for ACWA Power in the city of Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.

Rabigh 3 is the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in commercial operation in the world, and is already in operation and supplying water to the network at full capacity.

The Rabigh 3 desalination plant ensures the supply of drinking water to more than three million people in the cities of Makkah, Al-Mokarramah, Jeddah and Mastorah. It is an important reference in the desalination sector worldwide not only because of its size, but also because it is an example of efficiency, innovation and sustainability in its design and construction, which allows it to reduce energy consumption and increase the plant’s availability.