Al Jubail water desalination plant
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Alfanar won a contract with Saudi Arabia Saline Water Conversion Corp. (SWCC) for the construction of a 110 MW ground-mounted photovoltaic project. The facility will supply electricity to desalinate seawater by reverse osmosis at the Jubail 2 desalination plant, which is owned by SWCC.
The investment was estimated at SAR 1.2 billion. The project will also include a 380 kV substation and 173 kilometers of overhead transmission lines.
“Alfanar is one of the first Saudi companies to invest in renewable energy across the Kingdom,” said the Saudi energy infrastructure specialist.
The Jubail plant is one of the largest desalination plants in the world, with a production capacity of 1 million cubic meters of water per day. PV is expected to supply power to the plant at a lower consumption rate of 2.16 kWh/m3.
Saudi Arabia’s cumulative installed PV capacity reached 439 MW at the end of 2021, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
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