Al Hidd IWPP
MSF/MED + power, 90 MIGD (409,000 m3/day) and 1,000 MW; the 2006 to 2008 expansion added 60 MIGD (272,760 m3/day) from ten 6 MIGD MED-TVC units in Bahrain.
The record
- Country
- Bahrain
- Location
- Al Hidd
- Coordinates
- 26.225, 50.661
- Technology
- MSF/MED + power
- Capacity
- 90 MIGD (409,000 m3/day) and 1,000 MW; the 2006 to 2008 expansion added 60 MIGD (272,760 m3/day) from ten 6 MIGD MED-TVC units
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Hidd Power Company (Malakoff 40 per cent, Sumitomo Corporation 30 per cent, ACWA Power 30 per cent); off-taker the Electricity and Water Authority
- Contractor
- Sidem (Veolia Water Technologies) as EPC contractor for the MED expansion, with GPZ as main civil contractor
- Operator
- Hidd Power Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2006
- Commissioned
- 2008
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1994
Hidd Power Company commissioned at 246 MW with a 30 MIGD first desalination phase
- 2006
Government of Bahrain sells Hidd Power Company by public tender and signs a power and water purchase agreement with EWA
- 2006
Sidem awarded the turnkey contract for ten 6 MIGD MED-TVC units
- 2008
MED expansion complete, station capacity 90 MIGD
- 2012-05
International Power and GDF Suez complete the sale of 40 per cent of Hidd Power Company to Malakoff
Sources
9 references
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- Hidd Power Company, corporate site. hpc.com.bh.
- An independent water and power plant jointly owned by Malakoff 40 per cent, Sumitomo Corporation 30 per cent and ACWA Power 30 per cent, with capacity to produce 1,000 MW and 90 MIGD. Electricity and Water Authority, Our Journey. ewa.bh.
- 1994 commissioning of Hidd Power Company at 246 MW with phase 1 of the Hidd desalination plant at 30 MIGD; 2006 signing of the power purchase agreement with Al Hidd Power Company; 2008 Hidd Power Company capacity increased to 90 million imperial gallons a day.
- Veolia Water Technologies (Sidem), Al Hidd, Kingdom of Bahrain case study. sidem-desalination.com.
- MED-TVC, ten units of 6 MIGD (60 MIGD), owner Hidd Power Company, end user the Electricity and Water Authority, contract award 2006, completion 2008, lump sum turnkey.
- GPZ Group, Al Hidd IWPP Desalination Plant. gpzcyprus.com.
- Main civil contractor under EPC contractor Sidem, ten units of 27,276 m3/day adding 272,760 m3/day, completed 2007, GPZ scope value US$23.7 million, and at the time Al Hidd became the largest desalination plant in the world using MED technology.
- ENGIE, Partial divestment of Al Hidd plant in Bahrain, 11 May 2012. en.newsroom.engie.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Sale of 40 per cent of Hidd Power Company to Malakoff International for US$113.4 million completed; plant total capacity given as 929 MW and 90 MIGD; in 2006 the Government of Bahrain sold Hidd Power Company by public tender to International Power 40 per cent, GDF Suez Energy International 30 per cent and Sumitomo Corporation 30 per cent. Sources differ on the power rating, 929 MW in ENGIE's 2012 release against 1,000 MW on the operator's own site, and on the expansion completion, 2007 per GPZ against 2008 per Sidem and EWA.