EWEC - Al Mirfa 2 IWP
Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) is constructing an independent water project in Al Mirfa, Abu Dhabi, the UAE.
The proposed seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant is expected to cater to the farms in Liwa and to become the UAEâs third largest low-carbon intensive RO plant.
The US$620 million project includes the following:
1. Construction of 120 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD) water desalination plant
2. Construction of storage tanks
3. Construction of seawater intake system
4. Installation of pumping stations
5. Installation of metering stations
6. Laying of pipelines
7. Associated facilities
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19 February 2024
Construction works are ongoing as per the schedule.
18 October 2023
Construction works are ongoing as per the schedule.
16 August 2023
Construction works have commenced on the project.
02 June 2023
Emirates Water & Electricity Company (Ewec), Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) and Franceâs Engie have reached financial closure of US$620 million and the project is expected to be operational in Q4 2025 (Source: MEED)
20 February 2023
The water purchase agreement has been signed with EWEC and the project's financial closure is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2023.
10 January 2023
The water purchase agreement is expected to be signed in January 2023. (Source: MEED)
27 December 2022
Detailed Engineering works are ongoing
27 September 2022
Engie has been selected as the developer and a consortium of SIDEM with Al Nasr Contracting Company as the main contractor for the contract to develop the 120 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD) plant. Also, the water-purchase agreement with the selected developer will be signed by the fourth quarter of 2022. (Source: MEED)
08 September 2022
The main contract bids are still under evaluation and the client continues to hold talks with the teams that submitted the lowest bids. (Source: MEED)
19 August 2022
The main contract bids are under evaluation.
27 July 2022
The consortium of Acwa Power with Doosan, GS Inima with Metito, Engie with Sidem, and Acciona themselves have submitted the bids for the project.
16 June 2022
Teams led by Spainâs Acciona, Franceâs Engie, GS Inima and Acwa Power have submitted the lowest bids. L1 Acciona L2 Engie L3 GS Inima L4 Acwa Power. The client has received two proposals from each company for 80 MIGD and 120MIGD. The project is expected to start commercial operation in Q2 2025.
14 June 2022
The developer bids are expected to open on June 15, 2022, and expected to sign the contract by Mid of august 2022. (Source: MEED)
02 June 2022
Spain's Acciona, Saudi Arabia-based Acwa Power, France's Engie, and Spain's GS Inima amongst others have submitted the bids
31 May 2022
The main contract bids have been submitted and we are in the process of identifying the bidders.
02 May 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline has been extended to May 31, 2022. (Source: MEED)
21 April 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline has been extended to May 18, 2022.
30 March 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline has been extended till mid-May 2022.
13 February 2022
The main contract bid submission deadline is on March 31, 2022.
09 December 2021
The client has scheduled a meeting with the pre-qualified bidders for the contract to develop the project. (Source: MEED)
23 November 2021
The main contract tender has been issued and the bid submission is due on March 31, 2022. The following pre-qualified companies have been invited to submit bids for the project: Acciona Agua (Spain), Acwa Power, Engie, FCC Aqualia, GS Inima, IDE Water Assets, Marubeni Corporation, Jera, Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, Veolia, Aquatech International, China Railway Corporation, China State Construction Engineering Company, Elsewedy Electric, CK Hutchison Holdings, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Metito Utilities, Orascom Construction, Six Construct Company, Sojitz Corporation, Powerchina International Group, and Utico. (Source: MEED)
28 September 2021
We have not been able to obtain further updates on this project. We have retained the same project stage and amended the key dates accordingly. We will update the profile as soon as we obtain any new information. (Source: MEED)
24 May 2021
PQ shortlist is yet to be finalized by the client. (Source: MEED)
23 March 2021
The client is expected to prequalify the developers by April 8, 2021. (Source: MEED)
08 March 2021
Firms that have expressed an interest in the contract include: Acciona (Spain), Acwa Power (Saudi Arabia), Engie (France), GS Inima (Spain), Marubeni (Japan), Sojitsu (Japan) and Utico (local). A team comprising UK-headquartered Alderbrook Finance, US-based White & Case and Germanyâs Fichtner is advising Ewec on the project. (Source: MEED)
16 February 2021
EWEC invites developers to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by March 4, 2021. The client is likely to achieve financial closure by the end of 2021. Commercial operation is expected in the first quarter of 2024. (Source: MEED)
24 December 2020
The Expression of Interest (EOI) is expected to issued by January 2021. (Source: MEED)
01 December 2020
The client is in negotiation with the consultancy firms regarding the transaction advisory and expected to appoint a team of consultants imminently on the project. (Source: MEED)
18 November 2020
The Expression of Interest (EOI) is expected to issued by the end of 2020 and the main contract tender is expected to issue by Q2 2021. (Source: MEED)