His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today inaugurated the Al-Dur 2 Phase 2 Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP).His Royal Highness highlighted the Kingdom’s commitment to developing energy production projects in partnership with the private sector and in line with the Kingdom's comprehensive development, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.His Royal Highness noted the importance of development projects that provide quality services to Bahraini citizens and create world-class electricity and water infrastructure.His Royal Highness emphasised the Kingdom’s commitment to enhancing energy efficiency and expanding electricity and water production capacity in conjunction with programmes and priorities that consolidate development.His Royal Highness stressed the Kingdom’s commitment to adopt innovative programmes that are high quality, meet efficiency standards, and contribute to the Kingdom's wide-ranging development goals and future energy-saving ambitions.His Royal Highness then toured the facility and was briefed on the operations of the Al-Dur 2 Phase 2 project, an extension of Al-Dur Phase 1, which was inaugurated by HM the King.For his part, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACWA Power, Mohammad Abunayyan, highlighted the efficiency of the project’s construction which was completed on schedule and sustainably. Al-Dur 2 Phase 2 Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) is the first production station in the Kingdom connected to the high-voltage electricity transmission network of 400 KV. The station cost more than USD 1 billion and was established in partnership with companies from Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Japan.The IWPP generates 1,500 MW of electricity and processes 50 million gallons of desalinated water daily. This increases the Kingdom’s overall production capacity to 5,044 MW of electricity and 204 million gallons of desalinated water daily. (ICE Doha)

Fonte notizia: Bahrain News Agency