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Type | Private company |
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Industry | Electricity |
Founded | 2004 |
Headquarters | , Saudi Arabia |
Key people |
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Products | Electric power water |
Number of employees | 4,000 |
Website | acwapower |
ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants with a presence in 12 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Central and South-East Asia. ACWA Power's portfolio of projects in operation and development has an investment value of USD 82.8 billion, and a capacity of 53.7 GW of power and 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water. [1]
Its energy portfolio includes efficient combined cycle power plants, [2] solar (Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)), [3] wind, [4] desalination plants, [5] and green hydrogen projects. [6] [7]
Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power maintains regional offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, Baku, Beijing, Cairo, Addis Abbaba, Jakarta, Amman, Rabat, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Tashkent, and Hanoi. [8] It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 77 projects with the capacity to generate 53.7 GW of power and produce 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water. [1] ACWA Power and its subsidiary operating companies employ over 4,000 people in projects in 12 different countries. [9]
ACWA Power's board of directors is chaired by Mohammad Abdullah Abunayyan, [10] with Raad Al Saady as its Vice Chairman and Managing Director, [11] and Marco Arcelli as its CEO. [12]
In 2002, the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia changed the regulations so that the private sector was permitted to own and operate utilities such as water and power plants.
The company was founded in its current form in 2008 and succeeded ACWA Power Projects, a joint venture between ACWA Holding (representing the Abunayyan Holding Company and Al-Muhaidib) and the MADA Group for Industrial and Commercial Development founded in 2004 to take advantage of these new private sector investment and operation opportunities in the Saudi Arabian market. [13]
From 2004 to 2011, ACWA Power focused primarily on Saudi Arabia, and was awarded contracts for the Shuqaiq and Marafiq Integrated water and power plants. [14] [15] [16] [17] The company began its current phase of international expansion in 2011 with the acquisition of Central Electricity Generating Company (CEGCO) Jordan [18] [19] [20] and the signature of a joint development agreement for the Kirikkale Combined Cycle Gas Turbine project in Turkey, which subsequently won backing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). [21] The company has since expanded throughout the world, although its core holdings remain the MENA region.
The Public Investment Fund announced in November 2020 that it has increased its stake in ACWA Power to 50% from 33.6%. [22]
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