| Project Information | |
| Project name: | KUWAIT: AZ-ZOUR NORTH 1 POWER AND DESALINATION PLANTS |
| Project description: | Build a gas-fired combined cycle power plant and desalination complex with the capacity of 1,500MW/100 million gallons-per-day at a proposed greenfield site in Az Zour North. The plant will be developed on a build-operate-transfer, or BOT, basis. The plant is expected to start commercial operation in 2015. Related headlines: |
| Type: | PPP |
| Sector: | Waste & water |
| Region: | Middle East |
| Current status: | Preferred Bidder - 30/03/2012 |
| Contract Terms | |
| Duration: | 40 years |
| Capital value: | US$5.40bn |
| Public Sector Procuror Details | |
| Authority/Commssioning body: | Kuwait Partnership Technical Bureau |
| Private Sector Details | |
| Consortium name: | Suez /Sumitomo /Sagar |
| Private sector shareholders: | Sumitomo Mitsui - Shareholders GDF Suez - Shareholders AH Sagar & Brother Group - Shareholders |
| Private Sector Shortlist | |
| Consortium name: | Marubeni /Doosan /Alghaniml |
| Private sector shareholders: | Marubeni Group - Shareholders Doosan - Shareholders Alghanim - Shareholders |
| Consortium name: | ACWA Power /GIC /Samsung |
| Private sector shareholders: | ACWA Power - Shareholders Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) - Shareholders Samsung - Shareholders |
| Consortium name: | Malakoff /SK /NIG |
| Private sector shareholders: | Malakoff - Shareholders SK Group - Shareholders National Industries Group (NIG) - Shareholders |
| Consortium name: | Mitsui /Kharafi /Ahmadiah |
| Private sector shareholders: | Mitsui & Co - Shareholders Kharafi - Shareholders Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading - Shareholders |
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