[사우디] 새로운 담수화 정책 발표

사우디아라비아가 새로운 8개 담수화 시설에 500억 달러를 배정하고 29개의 기존 시설 매각에 나섰다.

사우디아라비아 정부는 해수담수화청(Saline Water Conversion Corporation, 이하 SWCC)가 소유한 기존의 29개 담수화 시설 전체를 민간 투자자들에게 팔고 민·관 협력 파트너십을 통해 새로운 시설을 건설하려는 계획이다.

자국 내 용량 규모가 큰 상위 두 개 프로젝트, 라빅3(Rabigh 3)와 주바일(Jubail) 프로젝트는 각각 60만㎥/일, 117만㎥/일 규모로, 오는 2017년 1분기에 입찰이 이뤄질 예정이다.

라빅3(Rabigh 3)와 주바일(Jubail) 프로젝트 이외에 새롭게 건설 예정에 있는 프로젝트는 △슈퀘이크(Shuqaiq) △두바4(Duba 4) △알 와지4(Al Wajh 4) △얀부(Yanbu) △움루지(Umluj) △하클(Haql) 등 총 6개다.

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Saudi Arabia sets out radical shake up of desalination policy

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has earmarked $50 billion for new eight desalination plants, and aims to sell 29 existing facilities.

he ministry wants to sell the entire portfolio of 29 desalination plants that are owned by the government's Saline Water Conversion Corporation to private investors, and to build the new plants through public-private partnerships.

The two largest-capacity new projects, Rabigh 3 at 600,000 m3/d, and Jubail at 1,170,000 m3/d, will be tendered in the first quarter of 2017, and the remaining tenders will follow shortly after (see full list below). The programme of new plants covers total installed capacity of 2.6 million m3/d and 3,000 MW, and seven transmission systems with capacity of 4.3 million m3/d.

The 29 existing plants, situated on the east and west coasts of the country, have installed capacity of 4.6 million m3/d and 7,305 MW, and have 21 transmission systems.

The full list of proposed new projects is:

Rabigh 3, capacity 600,000 m3/d; Jubail, capacity 1,170,000 m3/d; Shuqaiq, capacity 380,000 m3/d; Duba 4, capacity 9,000 m3/d; Al Wajh 4, capacity 9,000 m3/d; Yanbu, capacity 450,000 m3/d; Umluj, capacity 18,000, m3/d; and Haql, capacity 9,000 m3/d.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2016년 12월 14일]