Kuwait issues RFP for Al-Abdaliyah Integrated Solar Power project

The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Electric and Water (MEW), has launched the request for proposals (RFP) to develop the Al-Abdaliyah Integrated Solar Power project.

A total of seven teams have been shortlisted to carry out the solar project. The teams are the following:

• Acwa Power, Acciona Energia, and Al Mulla Group Holding Company
• EDF International, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, TSK Electronica y Electricidad, and Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sagar & Brothers Company
• ENGINE and Elecnor
• JGC Corporation
• Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Kharafi National KSCC, and Aries Ingenieria y Sistemas
• RWE AG
• Sojitz Corporation, Abengoa, and Fouad Alghanim & Sons Group of Companies

The project involves the design, build, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance, for a 25 year period of an integrated solar combined cycle power generating facility, with a total net output of at least 280 MWe, including a solar contribution of 60 MWe.

The project will benefit from an Energy Conversion and Water Purchase Agreement (ECWPA) with the state of Kuwait.

Shortlisted teams have to submit their proposals on or before 17 March 2016.

The project is to provide power and renewable electricity generation in line with the Government of Kuwait’s target to meet at least 15% of its energy needs via renewable energy sources by the year 2030.