The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) has not set firm tender deadlines for the Al-Abdaliyah integrated solar combined-cycle (ISCC) and the Kabd solid waste treatment facility, the authority has told MEED.

The closing date for developers to bid on the public-private partnership (PPP) projects has been postponed several times.

KAPP is now focusing on the tender process for its largest project in the market, the Al-Zour North 2 independent water and power project (IWPP). Bids are due on 21 June and the deadline will not be pushed back again.

KAPP tendered five projects together in late 2015, and all have seen delays.

The general manager of KAPP, Adel al-Roumi, was replaced by Mutlaq al-Sanei in April.

The Al-Khiran IWPP will be tendered after Al-Zour North 2 to allow the same prequalified developers to prepare bids. KAPP is finalising the technical details with the Ministry of Electricity & Water, the project’s owner. It is expected to have a power generation capacity of 1,500MW and a water desalination capability of 125 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD), and will run on low-sulphur fuel oil.

The Kabd waste-to-energy scheme will have an initial capacity of up to 3,275 tonnes a day of waste. The advisory team consists of the UK’s PwC, Germany’s Fichtner and the UK’s Ashurst. Five consortiums have been prequalified:

• Constructions Industrielles de La Mediterranee (France) / Gulf Investment Corporation (local) / Al-Mulla Group (local)
• EVN Umweltholding und Betriebs (Austria), International Financial Advisors (local) / KCC Engineering & Contracting (local) / Steinmuller Babcock Environment (Germany)
• Urbaser (Spain) / Babcock & Wilson (US) / Veolia Proprete (France) / National Cleaning Company (local)
• Suez Environnement (France) / Itochu Corporation (Japan) / Kharafi National (local)
• FCC Medio Ambiente (Spain) / Acwa Power (Saudi Arabia) / Beatona (Saudi Arabia) / Fouad Alghanim & Sons General Trading & Contracting (local)

The Al-Abdaliyah ISCC will run on a combination of solar power and gas, and have a total capacity of 280MW. The plant will contain a 60MW solar component. Fichtner and the UK’s HSBC are the advisers.

The prequalified developers are:

• Acwa Power (lead) / Al-Mulla Group / Acciona Energia (Spain)
• Abengoa (lead; Spain) / Sojitz (Japan) / Alghanim International (local)
• EDF (lead; France) / Toyota (Japan) / Al-Sager (local) / TSK (Spain)
• Korea Electric Power Corporation (lead; South Korea) / Kharafi National / Aries Energy (US)
• GDF Suez (lead; now called Engie; France/UK) / Elecnor (Spain)
• JGC (Japan)
• RWE (lead; Germany) / Ali Kharafi (local)