Timeframe for full commissioning of seawater desalination plant in Azerbaijan revealed

Full commissioning of a seawater desalination plant in Azerbaijan is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2028, Report informs referring to ACWA Power's quarterly update.

The company's investment in this project amounted to 1.5 billion Saudi riyals, equivalent to 679.95 million manats ($407 million).

As of September 30, ACWA Power had invested 1.073 billion Saudi riyals (equivalent to 486.39 million manats) in the construction of the 240-megawatt Khizi Absheron Wind Farm.

According to Marco Arcelli, CEO of ACWA Power, wind projects in Azerbaijan have entered partial or full commercial operation, adding 3.7 GW of capacity and 3,000 tons of green hydrogen per year to their portfolio of active projects.

As of September 30, the company's total investment reached 1.166 billion manats ($685.8 million).

The project envisions the construction of a seawater desalination plant with a capacity of 300,000 cubic meters per day in the Sumgait Industrial Park. It is being implemented by a consortium of companies, including ACWA Power and the Turkish company IC Ictas Insaat.

Under the agreement, the project will be completed over a 27.5-year period, after which management of the facility will be transferred to the Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency. Construction is scheduled to be completed within 2.5 years.

Selim Guven, ACWA Power's general director for Azerbaijan and Türkiye, earlier told Report that the wind farm is scheduled to be fully operational in the fourth quarter of this year.

Once completed, the wind farm will be able to generate up to 907 million GWh of clean electricity annually, enough to power more than 300,000 households in Azerbaijan.

The wind farm is located in the districts of Absheron (Site 1) and Khizi (Site 3), in the villages of Chayli and Sitalchay. A total of 37 wind turbines are planned for installation: 12 in the Absheron site and 25 in Khizi.