Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy has announced that it has received bids from only 2 entities – Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company (Heisco) and Shanghai Electric Group – for the Al Subiya Power Generation and Water Distillation Station upgradation project work.

The scope of work includes upgradation of 8 steam boilers at the Kuwaiti facility, in a bid to boost its operational efficiency and reliability at one of the country’s key power generation and desalination facilities.

As per the tender results, Heisco submitted a bid valued at US $651mn, while Shanghai Electric Group Company emerged the lowest bidder with US $408mn.

The Al Subiya facility is among Kuwait’s major power and water production plants, supporting Kuwait’s growing electricity and potable water demand.