KAPP has pre-qualified multiple international and local firms for a 500 MW Kuwait solar project
The project will operate under a PPP model with a 30-year power purchase agreement with the Energy Ministry
Major global players, including TotalEnergies, ACWA Power, EDF, Masdar, and Chinese firms, are in the competition
The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) has unveiled the list of pre-qualifying companies and consortia for the Al Dibdibah Power and Al Shagaya Renewable Energy Project (Phase III Zone 2) with 500 MW capacity.
A number of international companies are vying for the solar project that will be developed as an independent power producer (IPP).
France’s TotalEnergies, Turkey’s Kalyon Enerji, and Linak Yatirim Enerji Uretim Isletme Hizmetleri, also from Turkey, are competing as individual companies, among the pre-qualifiers.
ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia has joined hands with Alternative Energy Projects Company, while Jinko Power (HK) Company Limited is competing along with Kuwait-based Combined Group Contracting Company.
EDF Renouvelables is leading the consortium that comprises Kuwait’s Abdullah Al Hamad Al Sagar and Brothers, and South Korea’s Korean Western Power (KOWEPO).
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Masdar is in the fray alongside local Kuwaiti firm Fouad Alghanim & Sons General Trading Contracting Company.
US-based Swift Current Management Services (SCE) has roped in Arizona National for General Trading & Contracting Company as a partner for the project.
China’s Tianjin Zhonghuan New Energy is in competition for the contract along with its compatriot Sinotec Co. Ltd. and Kuwait-based Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons.
The projects are planned to be built in the Shagayah region of Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. Winners will secure a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Ministry of Electricity & Water & Renewable Energy (MEWRE).
KAPP issued a call for the Al Dibdibah Power and Al Shagaya Renewable Energy Project (Phase III Zone 2) in May this year (see Kuwait Opens Call For 500 MW Solar PV Capacity).
Analysts at Rystad Energy see Kuwait’s solar PV capacity reaching only 2.9 GW by 2030, rising to 10.1 GW by 2035, but the country will likely miss its 2030 target of 15% renewable energy share in the mix (see Rystad Energy Forecasts 10.1 GW Solar Capacity For Kuwait By 2035).