Jubail 3A IWP
Seawater RO + solar, 600,000 m3/day in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Jubail
- Coordinates
- 27.020, 49.620
- Technology
- Seawater RO + solar
- Capacity
- 600,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$650 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), 25-year water purchase agreement
- Contractor
- Power China, SEPCO III, Lantania and Abengoa (EPC consortium)
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Project finance, 25-year BOO; developer consortium ACWA Power 40.2%, Gulf Investment Corporation 40%, AlBawani Water and Power 19.8% (Jazlah Water Desalination Company)
- Award or start year
- 2020
- Commissioned
- 2023-06
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2020-04
Water purchase agreement signed with SWPC
- 2023-06
Commercial operation certificate received from SWPC and plant inaugurated
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- ACWA Power, ACWA Power inaugurates Jubail 3A IWP (Jazlah Water Desalination Company), 3 June 2023. acwapower.com.
- ACWA Power, ACWA Power consortium including GIC and Al Bawani to enhance water security in Saudi Arabia with Jubail 3A IWP, 30 April 2020. acwapower.com.
- ACWA Power project page, Jazlah IWP. acwapower.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.