VOL. XLVI

No 51/52

22/29-December-2003

OMAN

Omans Barqa IWPP Project Inaugurated

Omans latest independent water and power project (IWPP) at Barqa was inaugurated on 17 December. The facility, which has capacity to produce 427mw of electricity and 20mn gallons/day of desalinated water, began commercial operations last June. The project sponsors are AES Barqa Holdings Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AES Corp (which holds an 85% stake) and Multitech LLC, a member of the Bahwan group (15%). AES...