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Winning bidder of Red Sea project expected to be announced in March
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Proposals submitted by six consortia to be studied next month
"The delegation is expected to head to the US on February 1, where they will study and discuss the proposals submitted by qualifying consortia," Ministry of Water and Irrigation Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary General, Adnan Zu'bi, told The Jordan Times yesterday.
"The winning bidder is expected to be announced in March," he noted.
Six consortia, which include both local and international companies, qualified in April last year to compete for the mega-project that seeks to address the country's severe water shortage.
They are Accionna-Mitsubishi, ACWA Power, Jordan Red Sea Group, Orascom Construction Industries, Samsung C&T Corporation and Sinohydro Corporation Limited.
Under the first phase of the JRSP, announced during the World Economic Forum in 2009, water will be conveyed from the Red Sea through pipelines to a desalination facility that will be built in Aqaba. Water generated from the plant will be distributed to the port city and surrounding development projects.
The project entails extracting 2,150mcm of water from the Red Sea every year; 930mcm will be desalinated and 1,220mcm will be channelled into the shrinking Dead Sea. In addition, 180 megawatts of electricity will be generated by projected hydropower stations.
In addition to providing much needed water, the JRSP includes an economic development programme that entails the establishment of gated communities, resorts, industries and other projects, according to the ministry.
The Kingdom, which is categorised as the fourth poorest nation in the world in terms of water availability, suffers an annual water deficit of 500 million cubic metres.
© Jordan Times 2012
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