Talk:ACWA Power

Proposed change

Hi, full disclosure: I am an employee of ACWA Power working in the Marketing and Communications team. I would like to make some changes to the article in good faith, in order to make sure the information is accurate and up-to-date. Please review my changes below -- all the information has been sourced to independent third parties, apart from one line on employee numbers which comes from a document from ACWA Power posted on the Saudi Exchange website. All feedback on my proposed edits is very welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MferrariACWA (talk • contribs) 07:11, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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'''ACWA Power''' is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants currently with presence in 10 countries including in the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa and South East Asia regions. ACWA Power’s portfolio, with an investment value in excess of USD 33 billion, can generate more than 22 GW of power and produce 2.5 million m3/day of desalinated water to be delivered on a bulk basis to state utilities and industrial majors on long term off-take contracts under Public-Private-Partnership, Concession and Utility Services Outsourcing models (BOO/BOOT).

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ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants with a presence in 12 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Central and South-East Asia. ACWA Power’s portfolio of projects in operation and development has an investment value in excess of USD 74.8 billion, and a capacity of more than 50 GW of power and 6.8 million m3/day of desalinated water.

Reason for change: Existing information is outdated and contradicts information in other sections of the article.

Reference: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2023/06/13/acwa-power-signs-agreement-to-develop-15bn-wind-energy-project-in-kazakhstan/ MferrariACWA (talk) 14:49, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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Its energy portfolio includes efficient combined cycle power plants, solar (Photovoltaic PV) and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), geothermal, wind, waste-to-energy (WtE) and coal pollution mitigation.

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Its energy portfolio includes efficient combined cycle power plants, solar (Photovoltaic PV and Concentrated Solar Power [CSP]), wind, desalination plants, and green hydrogen projects.

Reason for change: Existing information is outdated and incomplete.

References: (Combined cycle power plants) https://www.arabnews.com/node/2193036/business-economy

(Solar) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-investment-mideast-acwa-power-idUSKCN0IB1Y420141022

(Wind) https://www.arabnews.com/node/2352166/business-economy

(Desalination) https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2023/04/14/saudi-arabias-acwa-power-to-develop-6773-million-desalination-project-on-red-sea-coast/

(Green hydrogen) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/saudi-arabia-s-acwa-power-eyes-three-more-giant-hydrogen-plants#xj4y7vzkg

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Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power maintains regional offices in Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Rabat, Johannesburg, Hanoi and Beijing.[4][5] It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 68 projects on three continents, with the capacity to generate 22.8GW of power and produce 2.5 million m3/day of desalinated water.[6][7][8] ACWA Power and its subsidiary operating companies employ over 3,000 people in projects in 11 different countries.[4] As of 2014, 8% of ACWA Power's energy portfolio was in renewable energy. ACWA Power has expressed an intention to increase its investment in renewables:[9] of the new bids and projects still in the financing stage announced in 2014 US$7.4 billion of US$15 billion were in renewable energy.[3]

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Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power maintains regional offices in Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Rabat, Johannesburg, Hanoi and Beijing. It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 77 projects with the capacity to generate 50.4 GW of power and produce 6.8 million m3/day of desalinated water. ACWA Power and its subsidiary operating companies employ over 4,000 people in projects in 12 different countries. ACWA Power is aiming to increase the share of renewable energy in its portfolio to 50 percent by 2030. As of 2023, 46% of the company’s energy portfolio was in renewables.

Reason for change: Information is outdated.

References: (Portfolio) https://www.arabnews.com/node/2327796/business-economy

(Employee numbers) https://www.saudiexchange.sa/Resources/fsPdf/12317_2362_2023-08-09_21-22-55_en.pdf

(Renewables statistics) https://english.aawsat.com/business/4482106-saudi-acwa-power-reports-1824-mln-profit-h1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by MferrariACWA (talk • contribs) 07:05, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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Awards ACWA Power won the following awards in 2014: The Acquisition International Fund awards: Energy Investment Firm of the Year – Saudi Arabia,[93] a vanity award MEED quality awards: Angus Hindley Award for Project Excellence[94]

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Reason for change: Information on awards is not notable and could be removed. MferrariACWA (talk) 07:32, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

@MferrariACWA: I'd like to help, but don't see any sources for the updated information you're requesting to have added. There's a list of sources, but they appear to be from the older content. Can you add proper inline citations for the new information? STEMinfo (talk) 00:56, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

@STEMinfo: Thank you. It seems I can't add inline citations to this template so I have added them below each section. Please let me know if this helps. MferrariACWA (talk) 13:27, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for your input @Spintendo. The ref tags are not showing up when using TextDiff:

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Is there a better way to format the edit request to make it clear which sections need to be replaced? MferrariACWA (talk) 08:30, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please remove: "ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants currently with presence in 10 countries including in the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa and South East Asia regions. ACWA Power’s portfolio, with an investment value in excess of USD 33 billion, can generate more than 22 GW of power and produce 2.5 million m3/day of desalinated water to be delivered on a bulk basis to state utilities and industrial majors on long term off-take contracts under Public-Private-Partnership, Concession and Utility Services Outsourcing models (BOO/BOOT)

And replace with: "ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants with a presence in 12 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South-East Asia. ACWA Power’s portfolio of projects in operation and development has an investment value in excess of USD 74.8 billion, and a capacity of more than 50 GW of power and 6.8 million m3/day of desalinated water."

Reason for change: Existing information is outdated and contradicts information in other sections of the article.

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 21:50, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please remove:: "Its energy portfolio includes efficient combined cycle power plants, solar (Photovoltaic PV) and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), geothermal, wind, waste-to-energy (WtE) and coal pollution mitigation.

And replace with: Its energy portfolio includes efficient combined cycle power plants, solar (photovoltaic [PV] and concentrated solar power [CSP]), wind, desalination plants, and green hydrogen projects.

Reason for change: Existing information is outdated and incomplete.

 Done Removing the geothermal, waste-to-energy and coal pollution mitigation items was not done without consideration, since it's hard to prove a negative, but I looked on the AWCA web site and in available sourcing, and couldn't find anything that suggested those projects still existed. I corrected the Bloomberg link and left it in, but I can't access the data. Anyone with access to Bloomberg should be able to confirm the info. STEMinfo (talk) 22:42, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi @STEMinfo, thanks very much for your assistance throughout this process. It's much appreciated.

Just one more small request, it seems this section is duplicated in the article. Would you please remove the duplicate? MferrariACWA (talk) 16:09, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

My error. Fixed. And for future use @MferrariACWA:, typing the @ doesn't ping people. You need to use one of the {{re|username}}, {{ping|username}} or {{u|username}} templates. That generates the @username text you're used to seeing, while pinging people. STEMinfo (talk) 19:14, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

@STEMinfo: got it, thanks again MferrariACWA (talk) 19:23, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please remove: Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power maintains regional offices in Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Rabat, Johannesburg, Hanoi and Beijing.[4][5] It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 68 projects on three continents, with the capacity to generate 22.8GW of power and produce 2.5 million m3/day of desalinated water.[6][7][8] ACWA Power and its subsidiary operating companies employ over 3,000 people in projects in 11 different countries.[4] As of 2014, 8% of ACWA Power's energy portfolio was in renewable energy. ACWA Power has expressed an intention to increase its investment in renewables:[9] of the new bids and projects still in the financing stage announced in 2014 US$7.4 billion of US$15 billion were in renewable energy.[3]

And replace with this: Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power maintains regional offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, Baku, Beijing, Cairo, Addis Abbaba, Jakarta, Amman, Rabat, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Tashkent, and Hanoi. It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 77 projects with the capacity to generate 50.4 GW of power and produce 6.8 million m3/day of desalinated water. ACWA Power and its subsidiary operating companies employ over 4,000 people in projects in 12 different countries. ACWA Power is aiming to increase the share of renewable energy in its portfolio to 50 percent by 2030. As of 2023, 46% of the company’s energy portfolio was in renewables.

Reason for change: Information is outdated.

 Done FYI that references go after the punctuation. STEMinfo (talk) 22:01, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Please remove: "Awards: ACWA Power won the following awards in 2014:

The Acquisition International Fund awards: Energy Investment Firm of the Year – Saudi Arabia,[93] a vanity award MEED quality awards: Angus Hindley Award for Project Excellence[94]"

Reason for change: Information on awards is not notable and could be removed. MferrariACWA (talk) 11:13, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 21:55, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

Please update this figure in the first paragraph: 6.8 million m3/day of desalinated water.

The new figure is: 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water.

Reason for change: The figure has increased with the addition of the Hassyan IWP desalination plant to ACWA Power's portfolio. MferrariACWA (talk) 12:09, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done HouseBlaster^talk 02:10, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Edit request

The water desalination figure in the 'background' section needs to be updated.

Please replace: "...produce 6.8 million m3/day of desalinated water."

With: "...produce 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water. "

Reason for change: The figure has increased with the addition of the Hassyan IWP in Dubai to ACWA Power's portfolio.

Thanks in advance. MferrariACWA (talk) 08:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

 Implemented  Spintendo  03:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

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Edit request

The investment value of ACWA Power's portfolio has now increased and needs to be updated.

Please replace "an investment value in excess of USD 74.8 billion"

With: "an investment value in excess of USD 79.4 billion."

Thanks, MferrariACWA (talk) 08:23, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

 Declined An investment value of 79.4 billion is not negated by the phrase "an investment value in excess of USD 74.8 billion" because the figure of 79.4 billion is a number in excess of 74.8 billion. Thus, the current figure of "in excess of USD 74.8 billion" is still valid. Regards,  Spintendo  19:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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Edit request

Hi, would very much appreciate if the 'structure' section could be updated to include ACWA Power's vice chairman and managing director Raad Al Saady.

Please update with: "ACWA Power's board of directors is chaired by Mohammad Abdullah Abunayyan, with Raad Al Saady as its Vice Chairman and Managing Director, and Marco Arcelli as its CEO..

Thank you, MferrariACWA (talk) 08:21, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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 Implemented Regards,  Spintendo  03:33, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

Hi,

Please kindly update the following information to reflect recent additions to the company's portfolio:

In first section: Remove: "ACWA Power's portfolio of projects in operation and development has an investment value in excess of USD 74.8 billion, and a capacity of more than 50 GW of power and 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water."

Replace with: "ACWA Power's portfolio of projects in operation and development has an investment value of USD 82.8 billion, and a capacity of 53.7 GW of power and 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water."

In background section: Remove: "It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 77 projects with the capacity to generate 50.4 GW of power and produce 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water."

Replace with: "It invests in, develops, co-owns and operates a portfolio of 77 projects with the capacity to generate 53.7 GW of power and produce 7.6 million m3/day of desalinated water."

Thank you,

MferrariACWA (talk) 10:20, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit request accepted

Thanks, Lewcm Talk to me! 19:06, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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