ACWA Power-led consortium awarded Salalah project

Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (member of Nama Group), the sole procurer of all electricity and water capacity in Oman, signed a number of agreements to establish the Salalah Independent Water Project (IWP) with an ACWA Power-led consortium with Veolia and DIDIC. The event was held under the patronage and presence of Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al-Busaidi, the state minister and governor of Dhofar.
The plant, which will have a capacity to generate 25 million gallons per day of desalinated water using reverse osmosis technology, is procured by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC (OPWP) under a build-own-operate framework on the back of a 20 year Water Purchase Agreement (WPA). The project will be vital in meeting Dhofar region’s increasing demand for water.