Rabigh 2 IPP

Rabigh 2 IPP

Rabigh 2 is a greenfield BOO (build, own, operate) project located in Rabigh, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia, 130 Km north of Jeddah adjacent to the Rabigh IPP. The Project, the fourth in SEC’s IPP program represents another significant milestone in the Saudi power sector given that this is the first IPP to utilize combined cycle power plant with a gross thermal efficiency of c.58.8 % at reference site conditions at Rabigh.

Samsung C&T will be the EPC contractor and NOMAC is the operator and maintenance contractor of the project. The project delivers gross 2,060 MW of electricity to SEC under the PPA which has a term of 20 years from the scheduled commercial operations date of June 2017.

Key facts

  • Location

    Rabigh, Western Saudi Arabia

  • Offtaker

    Saudi Electricity Company

  • Fuel

    Natural Gas

  • Power

    2,060 MW

  • Configuration

    3 Power Blocks – Gas Turbines

  • Project cost

    US$ 1,561 million

  • Commercial operations date

    Q1 2018

  • Acwa share

    50%

  • Offtake contract

    PPA-BOO 20 years

  • Other investors

    SCT (12.5%), SEC (50%)

  • Project company

    Al-Mourjan for Electricity Production Company ("MEPCO")

  • Operations & maintenance company

    Acwa Operations

  • Engineering, procurement & construction company

    Samsung C&T Corporation