Spain’s “Savener” engineering firm has been selected to perform engineering and design work for the construction of a seawater desalination plant in Azerbaijan.
Sea-news.az reports that citing Spanish media, that the company won the contract to design the new reverse osmosis seawater desalination facility in Sumgayit.
This large-scale infrastructure project holds high strategic importance as it will provide drinking water to approximately 3 million people. Savener was brought onto the project by HDEC, a corporation belonging to the “PowerChina” group that is acting as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor, while Saudi Arabia’s “ACWA Power” serves as the project developer. Savener has already fully commenced its work on the initiative.
The company brings extensive experience in the water sector, having previously contributed to the creation of several of the world’s largest desalination plants, including facilities in Gubra III and Barka V (Oman), Shuweihat and Taweelah (UAE), Al-Khafji and Shuaibah III (Saudi Arabia), Salala (Oman), and Morocco.
The project involves building a seawater desalination plant with a capacity of 300,000 cubic meters per day within the territory of the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park. Execution is being carried out by a consortium consisting of Saudi Arabia’s “ACWA Power” and Turkey’s “IC İctash İnshaat.”
Under the terms of the agreement, the project’s operational term will span 27.5 years, after which management of the facility will be transferred to the State Water Resources Agency of Azerbaijan. Commissioning of the enterprise is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2028, with the total project valued at 407 million US dollars.
