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Zawya
2 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Kuwait expected to award main contract for Subiya Phase 2 gas turbines project in Q3
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity & Water & Renewable Energy (MEWRE) is expected to award the contract for Provision of Efficient and Continuous Engineering Services for Open Cycle Gas Turbine Station (Stage 2) of Subiya Power and Water Distillation Plant in the third quarter. The tender was issued on 27 April 2025, with bids submitted by 20 July 2025. 'The contract award is expected in September 2025,' a source aware of the details said, adding that it is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2027. The project involves conversion of the second phase of Subiya power station from open cycle to combined cycle gas turbines. In July 2025, news portal Saudi Gulf Projects reported that three bidders submitted proposals for the project with Kuwait based Alghanim International General Trading and Contracting Company submitting the lowest bid of 87.28 million Kuwaiti dinars ($286 million). The Subiya facility, located north of Kuwait City, is one of the country's key integrated power and desalination plants. (Reporting by Deva Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon) (
Zawya
02-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Kuwait expected to award sustainable consultancy contract for power and water project in Q4
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy (MEWRE) is expected to award the sustainable engineering consultancy contract for Subiya Power and Water Distillation Plant Phase 2 in the fourth quarter of 2025. The tender was issued on 27 April 2025 with a bid submission deadline of 20 July 2025. 'The consultancy contract award is expected in October 2025,' a source aware of the details said. The consultant will support the supply, installation, operation and maintenance project to convert the 250 megawatts (MW) second phase of Subiya power station from open cycle gas turbines (OCGT) to combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT). 'The project completion is targeted for the second quarter of 2027,' the source added. Last month, Zawya Projects had reported that MEWRE is expected to award the consultancy contract for the 900MW Subiya power plant expansion project in the third quarter. Subiya [or Sabiya] Power and Water Distillation Station is the largest power and water plant in Kuwait with a power generation capacity of 7046.7 MW, accounting for 35 percent of the installed capacity and water desalination capacity of 100 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD). (Reporting by Deva Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon)
Zawya
17-06-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Kuwait expected to award consultancy deal for 900MW Subiya power plant expansion in Q4
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity & Water & Renewable Energy is expected to award the consultancy services contract for the 900 megawatt (MW) Phase 4 of the Subiya Power and Water Distillation Plant project in Subiya in the third quarter of 2025, a source aware of the details said. The consultancy services tender was issued on 27 April 2025, with a bid submission deadline set for 24 June 2025. The scope of the contract is supply, installation, operation and maintenance of combined cycle gas turbine units to increase the existing plant's power generation capacity by 900 MW. 'The contract award is expected in August 2025,' the source said, adding that the project completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. In April 2025, a Zawya Projects report said the Subiya project is estimated to cost around 257 million Kuwaiti dinars ($848 million). (Reporting by Deva Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon) (
